Houston Texas: Reliant Stadium Zoom In

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Great Zoom into Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium

Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground. Special thanks to Digital Globe and Space Imaging for providing the highest reolution datasets used. This animation was produced to accompany the NASA/Columbia tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVIII pregame show.

Animated GIF of zoom into Reliant Stadium

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2888

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah, Horace Mitchell, Marte Newcombe, Alex Kekesi, Stuart A. Snodgrass, Cindy Starr, Kevin Mahoney, Randall Jones, Eric Sokolowsky

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2004/01/24

  • Scientist

    Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Zoom, Houston, Texas, Super Bowl, HDTV

  • DLESE Subject

    Human geography, Physical geography

  • Data Date

    Terra/MODIS: 2002/11/17, Landsat-7/ETM+: 1999-2000, IKONOS:2004/01/19, QuickBird: 2002/12/22

  • Pao ID

    G03-046 similar, G04-006 similar

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Other Credits

    Digital Globe/QuickBird; Space Imaging/IKONOS; MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC