PIA02452: ASTER's First Views of Red Sea, Ethiopia - Thermal-Infrared (TIR) Image (monochrome)

Target Name: Earth Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Earth Observing System (EOS) Spacecraft: Terra Instrument: ASTER Product Size: 2160 samples x 2251 lines Produced By: ERSDAC - Japan Addition Date: 2000-03-11 Primary Data Set: ASTER Full-Res TIFF: PIA02452.tif (2.76 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA02452.jpg (185.8 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: ASTER succeeded in acquiring this image at night, which is something Visible/Near Infrared VNIR) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) sensors cannot do. The scene covers the Red Sea coastline to an inland area of Ethiopia. White pixels represent areas with higher temperature material on the surface, while dark pixels indicate lower temperatures. This image shows ASTER's ability as a highly sensitive, temperature-discerning instrument and the first spaceborne TIR multi-band sensor in history. The size of image: 60 km x 60 km approx., ground resolution 90 m x 90 m approximately. The ASTER instrument was built in Japan for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. A joint United States/Japan Science Team is responsible for instrument design, calibration, and data validation. ASTER is flying on the Terra satellite, which is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/ERSDAC & JPL