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This animation first depicts thermohaline surface flows over surface density, and illustrates the sinking of water in the dense ocean near Iceland and Greenland. The surface of the ocean then fades away and the animation pulls back to show the global thermohaline circulation. 3658 The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
2008 - This image shows a five year average from 2004 through 2008. 3653 Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies for 1888,1918,1948,1978, 2008
An animation of average Sea Surface Temperature on a globe. 3652 Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Density
This image shows all countries classified as 3650 Food Insecure Countries
The countries that produced 82% of the world's cereals (grain,oats,wheat,rice,maize, millet, sorghum) in 2008 are shown in yellow and the world population is shown in brown. This version of the image does not have topography. 3649 Food Consumers versus Food Producers
This animation displays the intensity of precipitation as it flows around the globe, showing heavy precipitation in orange/yellow and light precipitation in purple. 3648 Components of the Water Cycle
Operation Ice Bridge flights originating at the tip of South America track along Antarctica's Peninsula, the Getz Ice Shelf and explore the Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers. 3647 Operation Ice Bridge Flight Paths
This visualization cycles throught Global Crop Intensity data, MODIS croplands data, FAS Crop Production data, and the United Nations Projected Population in 2050 data. This version is labeled. 3646 2009 Crop Intensity, 2009 Producers, and 2050 Projected Population
This animation displays the intensity of precipitation as it flows around the globe, showing heavy precipitation in orange/yellow, medium in blue/green and light precipitation in purple. 3645 Hourly Total Precipitation from the GEOS-5 Model
This animation shows global evaporation with a clock inset showing the day/night cycle. 3644 Hourly Evaporation from the GEOS-5 Model
This animation shows the flows of atmospheric water vapor over Asia. 3643 Hourly Atmospheric Water Vapor from the GEOS-5 Model
This animation depicts a rotating Earth with highlighted areas marking the regions where a strong correlation between high sea surface temperatures and decreased phytoplankton productivity occurred. 3642 Regions Exhibiting Decreased Phytoplankton Levels and Increased Sea Surface Temperatures
This animation depicts a rotating globe with the phytoplankton 10-year global average data set. 3641 Rotating Phytoplankton 10-year Global Average
This animation depicts a rotating globe with a cloudy, realistic MODIS data set that transitions to the Blue Marble data set. 3640 Rotating Cloudy Galileo Transitions to Blue Marble View
This animation depicts a 360 degree rotation of a globe with the Blue Marble data set. 3639 Rotating Blue Marble
This animation zooms into Rondonia, Brazil. It starts with a Landsat image taken in 1975 and dissolves into a second image of the same region taken in 2009. There has been a significant amount of land use change. 3637 Deforestation of Rondonia, Brazil from 1975 to 2009
This movie pulls out from the region of the IBEX spacecraft to beyond the heliopause, illustrating the region which is the source of the IBEX data. 3635 IBEX First Skymap Release
In this animation, the first image shows an agricultural region in Idaho on August 14, 2000, captured in the visible spectrum. The round, green circles are irrigated farm fields. The second image, using Landsat's thermal band, depicts cooler and warmer areas. Irrigated fields appear cooler because evapotranspiring water absorbs energy and cools the fields. The thermal image dissolves into a map of evapotranspiration, created using the METRIC tool. 3632 Evapotranspiration from Landsat
This animation shows the retreat of the sea ice over the Arctic from 7/1/2009 through 9/12/2009<p>. 3631 Daily Arctic Sea Ice - Summer 2009
This visualization shows Crop Intensity data (regions that produce the most crops), followed by the MODIS croplands product, the 26 countries that produce 82% of the world's food, the population density in 2002 and finally the projected population in 2050. 3629 Crop Intensity
Animated flyover of the Galapagos Islands 3628 Galapagos Islands Flyby
Hurricane Bill forms in the Atlantic. TRMM's Microwave Imager and Precipitation Radar instruments revealed that Hurricane Bill has bands of heavy rainfall. 3626 Hurricane Bill on August 17, 2009 at 1133 UTC
Satellite data showing the annual variation in vegetation is combined with a graph of hive weight for a beehive in Highland, Maryland. 3625 Honey Bees Weigh In on Climate
This animation shows global fires in 2007 and then zooms to the Northern Territory of Australia and shows fires in 2008. The Northern Territory has one of the highest frequencies of early season fires in Australia because land managers there conduct numerous prescribed fires to reduce grass that could act as fuel for more severe wildfires later in the dry season(May until October). 3624 2008 Northern Australia Fire Observations
Groundwater depletion, with color bar 3623 Groundwater Depletion in India Revealed by GRACE
Zoom in to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA 3622 Great Zoom into/out of New Orleans, Louisiana: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
LRO orbit insertion trail morphing from Earth centered to moon centered coordinates 3621 LRO Transition from Earth-Centered to Moon-Centered Coordinates
An animation showing the locations of the Apollo landing sites 3620 Apollo Landing Sites, with Shadows
The complete narrated visualization 3619 A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009
LRO orbits using 2 discrete coordinate systems 3618 LRO in Earth Centered and Moon Centered Coordinates
LRO orbit insertion with elapsed time since launch 3612 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Orbit Insertion
MMS Nightside orbit animation 3606 Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Nightside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
MMS dayside magnetosheath/magnetopuase orbit configuration 3605 Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Dayside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
This set provides stereoscopic visualization content (Left and Right Eye separate) with title, credits and soundtrack. 3603 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Orbit Insertion - Stereoscopic Version
This animation shows where the world's food is grown versus where the world's food is consumed. The movie starts with global croplands and then fades to the countries that produce over 80% of the world's wheat, grain, and cereal. It then overlays the world's population density and then fades to show the countries that are projected to double and triple their population by 2050. 3601 Global Agricultural Monitoring
Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. 3599 Phytoplankton Blooms through the Eyes of SeaWiFS Data
This animation shows the NDVI time series in the wheat producing regions in Australia for the growing season of two drought years and one normal year. The preview image is from the 2006 drought on Oct 18, 2006. 3598 Monitoring Agricultural Production from Space
Fires around the world from Jan 1 through Dec 31, 2007. 3597 Fire Observations - As the World Turns
This data visualization of five-year global temperature differences from 1880 to 2008 was designed to be shown on the Science On a Sphere. Dark blue areas show regions where the temperature was cooler then the average temperature. Red areas show regions where the temperature was warmer then the average. This particular image show the global average from 2004 to 2008. 3596 Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2008 for Science On a Sphere
This movie shows the orbits of the fleet of NASA spacecraft exploring the heliosphere.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 3595 Sentinels of the Heliosphere
Moon natural color topo flyover 3594 Lunar Topography in Natural Color
This sequence shows Arctic sea ice thickness derived from winter and fall campaigns from the ICESat satellite. Sea ice grows extent grows in the summer and shrinks in the winter. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North Pole (shown in dark blue). This image was generated with data acquired between Feb 17 - Mar 21, 2008. 3593 Fall and Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly
This sequence shows Arctic sea ice thickness derived from fall campaigns from the ICESat satellite. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North Pole (shown in dark blue). This image was generated with data acquired between Oct 4 - Oct 19, 2008. 3592 Fall Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly
The camera transitions to a coordinate system moving with the Earth, keeping the Earth stationary in the field of view while the rest of the solar system spins around it. 3591 STEREO Visits the Lagrange Points - L4 and L5
This movie zooms in on the Earth, revealing the placement of the ASI ground stations and their sky coverage. We observe the stations coming online as the night progresses. 3590 THEMIS/ASI Nights - High Resolution
This sequence shows Arctic sea ice thickness derived from winter campaigns from the ICESat satellite. While the sea ice extent might look similar from year to year this thickness data shows dramatic thinning especially near the North Pole (shown in dark blue). This image was generated with data acquired between Feb 17 - Mar 21, 2008. 3589 Winter Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Declining Rapidly
This image is the high resolution image of Antarctica shown using the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica data. 3588 Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Graphic
Interview with the scientist, Paul Newman.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 3586 What Would have Happened to the Ozone Layer if Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had not been Regulated?
This animation shows seasonal change in vegetation around the globe as measured by the NDVI value. 3584 A Global View of Seasonal NDVI
This movie starts with a view of the Sun with sunspots changing as part of the solar cycle. The surface opens to reveal the interior magnetic field structure. 3583 The Solar Dynamo: Toroidal and Radial Magnetic Fields
The South Pole-Aitken basin, roughly 2100 kilometers (1300 miles) wide and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, is perhaps the largest impact feature in the solar system. It lies on the far side of the Moon, the hemisphere never visible from Earth, and was found only after spacecraft began visiting the Moon in the 1960s. 3582 Lunar Topography in False Color
Hurricanes with dates 3581 2008 Hurricane Season with Sea Surface Temperature
Phytoplankton Fluorescence 3580 Stresses on Global Phytoplankton Revealed by MODIS
This set provides stereoscopic content (Left and Right eye separate) of the Arctic sea ice visualization from 2005-09-21 through 2008-09-20 with a starfield as a bacdrop. 3578 AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: 2005 to 2008 - Stereoscopic Version
This sample composite combines all the animation elements listed below to visually tell the story of permanent shadows on the Moon. The aquamarine areas highlight the permanently shadowed regions. 3577 Permanent Shadows on the Moon
LRO ground track flyover 3576 LRO Ground Track
Visualization of a methane plume found in Mars’ atmosphere during the northern summer season. 3574 Methane Plume on Mars
This movie is a sample tour of the skymap. It starts looking at the North Celestial Pole (the Little Dipper is visible). We then make short trips to the Big Dipper, the Summer Triangle (Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila), the Orion and Taurus region, southward to Canis Major, and over to Scorpius and Saggitarius. The movie ends pointed at the South Celestial Pole (the Southern Cross is visible to the right). 3572 The Tycho Catalog Skymap - Version 2.0
Frames of Arctic sea ice from 2005-09-21 through 2008-09-20 without date information and with alpha channel. 3571 AMSR-E Arctic Sea Ice: 2005 to 2008
This movie shows the orbits of the fleet of NASA spacecraft exploring the heliosphere. 3570 NASA's Heliophysics Observatories Study the Sun and Geospace
The movie zooms up to the Earth from the direction of the magnetotail to view the orbits of the THEMIS satellites in their dayside orbital configuration. 3569 THEMIS Dayside Science - Sampling the Bow Shock
This set provides stereoscopic images (Left and Right Eye separate) of the visualization. The raw frames provided here have alpha channels and no text labels, so this element can be overlaid over other visuals. 3567 How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic Version
The movie with six synchronized datasets. 3566 Multi-Sun Composition
Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum from 1979 to 2008. 3563 Sea Ice Yearly Minimum with Graph Overlay 1979-2008
This visualization is a time-series of the global distribution and variation of the concentration of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the NASA Aqua spacecraft. For comparison, it is overlain by a graph of the seasonal variation and interannual increase of carbon dioxide observed at the Mauna Loa, Hawaii observatory. 3562 Aqua/AIRS Carbon Dioxide with Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Overlaid
The animation of Arctic sea ice from January 1 through September 12, identified by NSIDC as the minimum extent for 2008. This animation has a two second hold on September 12, 2008. The date is displayed in the upper left corner. 3561 Close view of 2008 Arctic Sea Ice from AMSR-E
Hurricane Ike threatens the entire Gulf Coast on September 12, 2008. The blue region represents areas where the storm is dumping at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour and the green region is raining 0.5 inches of inches per hour. Yellow is 1 inch of rain per hour and red is 2 inches of rain per hour. 3560 Hurricane Ike Attacks the Gulf Coast on September 12, 2008
Hurricane Ike strengthens in the Gulf. TRMM observed this 17 km tower. 3559 Hurricane Ike on September 10, 2008 at 1745 UTC
NASA's TRMM satellite peers beneath the clouds to capture this view of Hurricane Ike. The 12 km towers in the outer band, shown in red, lead scientists to believe that the inner eye is eroding as the outer bands are becoming better defined. This could limit rapid intensity development in the very near term. 3558 Hurricane Ike Strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico on September 10, 2008
Hurricane Ike slams into Cuba at 7:04 EDT on September 8, 2008. 3557 Hurricane Ike Slams Cuba on September 8, 2008
The animation of Arctic sea ice from January 1 through September 14, 2008. The date is displayed in the upper right corner. 3556 2008 Arctic Sea Ice from AMSR-E
This visualization shows Aqua/AIRS mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide from July 2003. Low concentrations, 360 ppm, are shown in blue and high concentrations, 385 ppm, are shown in red. In the southern hemisphere, a belt of mid-tropospheric air containing enhanced concentrations of carbon dioxide emerged between 30 and 40 degrees south latitude. This belt had not previously been seen in any chemistry transport model. 3555 Aqua/AIRS Sees Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere with Winds
In the 1950's, the South African government decided to produce gasoline and chemicals from their plentiful natural supply of coal. The South African Coal liquidation plant also exports carbon dioxide. This image shows AIRS carbon dioxide data from July 2003. 3554 Aqua/AIRS Sees Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere
Notice the rainbands that power the storm. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 45 miles from the center of this storm and tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 140 miles. 3553 Hurricane Ike on September 4, 2008
Yearly Antarctic Sea Ice Minima from 1979 through 2008 without climatology (average from 1979 to 2008) 3552 Yearly Antarctic Sea Ice Minima from 1979 through 2008
TRMM's Precipitation Radar (PR) instrument observed this 17 kilometer tower in the eatern eyewall as Tropical Storm Hanna was intensifying to a category 1 hurricane on September 1, 2008. 3550 Tropical Storm Hanna's Towering Thunderclouds
Animation of daily Arctic sea ice 2008 3547 Daily Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2008 (using SSMI data)
NASA's Terra satellite captures this view of Hurricane Gustav's eye. At this time the storm had weakened from a category 4 to a category 3 with winds of 115 mph and a pressure reading of 960. 3546 Examining Hurricane Gustav's Cloud Structure
This animation shows the very dangerous Hurricane Gustav on August 31, 2008. 3545 Hurricane Gustav on August 31, 2008
This animation represents nearly a decade's worth of data taken by the SeaWiFS instrument, showing the abundance of life in the sea in and around the Costa Rica Dome. Dark blue represents warmer areas where there is little life due to lack of nutrients, and greens and reds represent cooler nutrient-rich areas. 3544 Biosphere Data Around the Costa Rica Dome (Land Masked)
Hurricane Gustav weakened as it stalled over Haiti. The storm has already killed 22 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 3543 Hurricane Gustav on August 27, 2008
Hurricane Gustav slams into Haiti. The blue region represents areas where the storm is dumping at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour and the green region is raining 0.5 inches of inches per hour. 3542 Hurricane Gustav Slams Haiti
Tropical Storm Fay stalled over Eastern Florida dumping over 24 inches of rain. The blue region represents areas where the storm is dumping at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour and the green region is raining 0.5 inches of inches per hour. 3541 Tropical Storm Fay Inundates Florida
This image compares the size of the continental United States to the size of Antarctica. 3540 Compare the Size of Antarctica to the Continental United States
This image shows the 3 regions in North Africa: The Sahara, the Sahel, and the Sudan. The Sahel, a word derived from the Arabic ’sahil’ meaning shore, is a semi-arid belt of barren, sandy and rock-strewn land which stretches 3,860km across the breadth of the African continent and marks the physical and cultural divide between the continent’s more fertile south (the Sudan Region) and Saharan desert north. 3539 Blue Marble Next Generation Images from Terra/MODIS
This is the Pine Island Glacier which is a broad glacier flowing WNW along the south side of the Hudson Mountains into Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea. 3538 Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of Pine Island Glacier
This is the same animation without the text overlays. This image shows Sulzberger Bay and the Sulzberger Ice Shelf which was first discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. 3537 Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of Western Antarctica
Tropical Storm Eduoard on August 5, 2008. Peer through the clouds to see the storms structure. The blue region represents areas where the storm is dumping at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour and the green region is raining 0.5 inches of inches per hour. 3536 Tropical Storm Edouard
A synchronous play of SOHO/EIT (left) and TRACE (right) imagery from the 2003 Halloween Solar Storms. 3535 Halloween Storms 2003: SOHO/EIT and TRACE at 195 Ă…ngstroms
The crater depicted in this animation is ficticious and only intended for illustrative purposes. The animation begins with the reveal of a digital elevation map showing sample lunar topography illustrating the kind of data that LRO's LOLA instrument will collect. From this topographic data level surface areas can be derived as the first step to determining safe landing sites. Next, an example temperature map of the lunar surface is revealed to show the sort of data Diviner will collect. Changes in surface temperature will help determine small rock hazards, since they retain and release heat at a different rate than the surrounding regolith. Large rock hazards can be found with LROC's surface imagery. Finally, removing rock hazard areas from level surface areas reveals potential safe landing sites for future lunar missions. 3533 How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon (No Narration)
This animation shows the progression of warm waters slowly filling the Gulf of Mexico (shown in yellow, orange, and red). This natural annual warming contributes to the possible formation of hurricanes in the Gulf. SST data shown here ranges from January 1 to the present. 3532 Current Sea Surface Temperatures Rising in the Gulf of Mexico
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Gulf of Mexico while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3528 Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico (Land Masked)
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Western seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3527 Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard (Land Masked)
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Eastern seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3526 Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard (Land Masked)
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Northeastern seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data 3524 Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States (Land Masked)
This movie starts with a view of the Sun with sunspots changing as part of the solar cycle. The surface opens to reveal the interior magnetic field structure. 3521 The Solar Dynamo: Toroidal and Poloidal Magnetic Fields
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Gulf of Mexico while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3518 Biosphere Data Around the Gulf of Mexico
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Western seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3517 Biosphere Data Across the United States Western Seaboard
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Eastern seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3516 Biosphere Data Over United States Eastern Seaboard
This animation begins with a wide shot of the United States and zooms down to the Northeastern seaboard of the United States while cycling through nearly ten years of SeaWiFS biosphere data. 3515 Biosphere Data Over Northeastern United States
The camera pulls out further, to observe the full IBEX orbit. 3514 IBEX Orbit Visualization
Near the peak of the event, it has moved over Alaska. 3513 Auroral Substorm from Polar
Further evolution of the substorm. 3512 THEMIS/ASI Nights
This animation shows a 32-day moving average of SST data around the world and around Australia. This data continuously loops from July 4, 2002 to October 23, 2006. 3510 MODIS Sea Surface Temperature from 2002 to 2006 around Australia
This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005. An overlay contains a date bar, a color bar and text labels. 3506 Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Summer of 2005
This movie plays nearly two weeks of SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO imagery from around Halloween 2003. 3504 Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO
This movie displays nearly two weeks of MDI magnetogram data from around Halloween 2003. 3503 Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/MDI Magnetograms
This movie displays nearly two weeks of MDI continuum data from around Halloween 2003. 3502 Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/MDI Continuum
This movie displays nearly two weeks of EIT 304 Ångstrom data from around Halloween 2003. 3501 Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT Ultraviolet, 304 Ă…
This movie displays nearly two weeks of EIT 195 Ångstrom data from around Halloween, 2003. 3500 Halloween 2003 Solar Storms: SOHO/EIT Ultraviolet, 195 Ă…
Animation of sea ice motion around Antarctica during 2005 with a date overlay. 3497 AMSR-E Antarctic Sea Ice
This movie starts with a view of the Sun with sunspots changing as part of the solar cycle. The surface opens to reveal the interior flows of plasma. 3496 The Solar Dynamo: Plasma Flows
NASA's Heliophysics Fleet, around December 2006 3495 Heliophysics Great Observatory (Phase-1)
Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over Australia. 3494 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over Australia
Chesapeake Bay Cities animation 3493 Chesapeake Bay Cities
This movie shows a three day moving average of anthropogenic aerosols over the Atlantic in 2003. Human population is shown in blue/purple.On July 6, 2003 a heavy pollution plume is being transported over the Atlantic to Europe. 3492 Atlantic Transport of Anthropogenic Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in 2003
This movie shows a three day moving average of anthropogenic aerosols over the Pacific in 2003. Human population is shown in blue/purple. On May 9, 2003 a heavy pollution plume is being transported over the Pacific from Asia to North America. 3491 Pacific Anthropogenic Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in 2003
This data visualization of global temperature differences from 1880 to 2007. Dark blue areas show regions where the temperature was cooler then the average temperature. Red areas show regions where the temperature was warmer then the average. 3490 Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2007
Sea surface temperature anomalies for the 2007 La Nina 3488 La Nina 2007 Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
GEOS-5 model run during August 2005 3486 GEOS-5 Model Run Showing Hurricane Katrina
The substorm begins to subside around 11:30UTC. 3485 THEMIS and the March 2007 Substorm
June 23, 2007 3484 The First Season of Noctilucent Clouds from AIM
Full animation with labels - McMurdo Station is a science research center operated by the United States. New Zealand's science station, Scott Base, is located just 5 km away from McMurdo Station. Ross Island is surrounded by floating ice called the Ross Ice Shelf and the McMurdo Ice Shelf. 3482 Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of McMurdo Station and Dry Valleys
This animation shows evidence of high concentrations of hydrogen at the south pole of the Moon. 3480 Lunar Prospector Hydrogen Concentration - South Pole
This movie opens with a view of the five THEMIS satellites (the color dots) moving along their orbits. We then fade in the 2-D data from the Omidi simulation and zoom in to view the turbulence in the region of the bow shock. 3478 THEMIS Explores the Earth's Bow Shock
Chesapeake Bay Watershed and sub watershed regions 3477 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Region (short version)
Melt during 2007 3476 Annual Gradient Melt over Greenland 1979 through 2007
This animation shows the change in annual melt over Greenland from 1979 through 2007. 3475 Annual Accumulated Melt over Greenland 1979 through 2007
This animation compares the 2005 annual Arctic minimum sea ice from 09/21/2005 (shown in orange) with the 2007 minimum sea ice from 09/14/2007. The average minimum sea ice from 1979 through 2007 is shown in green. 3474 Minimum Sea Ice Comparison: 2005, 2007 and the 1979-2007 Average
Chesapeake Bay Flyover and Watershed Region animation, without city and river labels 3472 Chesapeake Bay Flyover and Watershed Region
Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over the North Pacific. 3471 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Pacific (Slow Version)
This animation shows a two zooms on a split screen: one to the United States and the other to the Arctic. The Arctic shows the 2005 sea ice minimum extent and fades to show the 2007 minimum extent. The state of California is placed in the melt region as a comparison of the area of the region. 3470 Comparison of Minimum Sea Ice Between 2005 and 2007 - Split Screen
This animation shows a comparison between the 2005 and 2007 minimum sea ice extent. The state of California, shown in green, is compared to the area of melted region. 3469 Comparison of Minimum Sea Ice between 2005 and 2007 - Full Screen
Animation depicting nearly a decades worth of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration and land Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data. This animation begins by slowly spinning the earth around until settling over the North Atlantic. 3468 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Atlantic (Slow Version)
This animation shows the flow of the Jakobshavn glacier in 2000, followed by a time series of the glacier's retreat from 2001 through 2006. When pulling away from Greenland, a colored overlay shows the changes in the ice sheet elevation between 2003 and 2006. 3467 Updated Jakobshavn Glacier Calving Front Retreat from 2001 through 2006 with Blue/White Elevation Change over Greenland
This animation progresses at a rate of six frames per day from January 1, 2007 through the minimum extent which occurred on September 14, 2007. The false color of the sea ice highlights the fissures in blue and consolidated sea ice in white. 3466 2007 Arctic Sea Ice from AMSR-E with Greenland in Foreground
Arctic sea ice from 01 Aug 2007 to 19 Sept 2007 3465 Daily Arctic Sea Ice from August/September 2007
Annual Arctic sea ice minimum for 1979 to 2007 3464 Sea Ice Yearly Minimum 1979-2007
Typhoon Dianmu (Helen) intensified from a 70 kt/80 mph typhoon to a 155 kt/180 mph super typhoon on June 17, 2004. It is one of only nine typhoons since 1990 to reach that intensity. 3463 Global TRMM Rainmap 2004
This animation shows TRMM's rainfall data every 3 hours for the 2005 year. Hurricane Katrina is clearly visible in the Gulf of Mexico. 3462 Global TRMM Rainmap 2005
This animation of global precipitation cycles through the climatology data for the twelve months of the year and then repeats the cycle twice. 3461 NASA Scientists Research Global Precipitation
This animation show the MEI in red and then the Ocean Net Primary Production (NPP) levels in green. 3459 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Atlantic
This image shows the minimum sea ice extent that occurred on September 14, 2007. 3456 2007 Arctic Sea Ice from AMSR-E with Alaska in Foreground
Print resolution picture of SeaWiFS global biosphere over the North Pacific. 3454 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Pacific
Ground track animation showing LRO's path over the course of 27 days and 348 orbits. 3453 LRO Ground Track - One Sidereal Month
A print resolution picture of SeaWiFS ocean chlorophyll concentration decadal average over Asia and Australia. 3452 Global Rotation of SeaWiFS Biosphere Decadal Average without Land
A print resolution picture of SeaWiFS global biosphere decadal average over Asia and Australia. 3451 Global Rotation of SeaWiFS Biosphere Decadal Average with Land
Print resolution picture of SeaWiFS global biosphere over the Northern Atlantic. 3450 SeaWiFS Biosphere Data over the North Atlantic
Carbon monoxide near Greece (without date labels) 3449 Fires in Greece as seen by Aqua/AIRS
Hurricane Dean hits the Yucatan Peninsula on August 21, 2007. 3448 Hurricane Dean on August 21, 2007
Hurricane Dean attacks Jamaica and threatens the Yucatan Peninsula. The TRMM satellite peers under the clouds to see the rain that powers this intense storm. 3447 Hurricane Dean on August 19, 2007
Chesapeake Bay flyover 3446 Chesapeake Bay Flyover
Sea ice concentration3-year moving average from 1979-1981 through 2004-2006. 3445 Sea Ice Minimum Concentration 3-year moving averages for 1979-1981 to 2004-2006
This print resolution image of the moon using Clementine data is the view we are most likely to see when the moon is full. 3444 Clementine Moon Spin
This animation starts with a computer generated unveiling of the Clementine lunar data (not taking into account the moon's libration as viewed from Earth), and then tilts upward to reveal the lunar south pole. 3443 Clementine Lunar South Pole
This movie is a sample tour of the skymap. It starts looking at the North Celestial Pole (the Little Dipper is visible). We then make short trips to the Big Dipper, the Summer Triangle (Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila), the Orion and Taurus region, southward to Canis Major, and over to Scorpius and Saggitarius. The movie ends pointed at the South Celestial Pole (the Southern Cross is visible to the right). 3442 The Tycho Catalog Skymap
AIRS is providing the global background of carbon dioxide. This animation shows the monthly averaged carbon dioxide and monthly averaged static wind vectors from July 2003. 3441 Aqua/AIRS Carbon Dioxide
This visualization shows global carbon dioxide from July 2003 at 8 km. Low concentrations are shown in blue and high concentrations are shown in red. 3440 Aqua/AIRS Global Carbon Dioxide
A simulation movie of the high-energy gamma-ray sky as it might appear over the course of a year. This is the slower version. 3439 Simulations of the Gamma-Ray Sky
Hurricane Rita crosses the Gulf of Mexico and moves inland. 3438 Hurricane Rita Push In
The A-Train observes Tropical Storm Debby 3437 The A-Train Observes Tropical Storm Debby
This version of the movie includes <b>ALL</b> TRACE data frames, including cases where the spacecraft re-points for short times. This makes the movie jump around considerably more than the 'smooth' version. 3435 Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): Data Collection Comparison
This animation shows the flow of the Jakobshavn glacier in 2000, followed by a time series of the glacier's retreat from 2001 through 2006. When pulling away from Greenland, a colored overlay shows the changes in the ice sheet elevation between 2003 and 2006. 3434 Updated Jakobshavn Glacier Calving Front Retreat from 2001 through 2006
Part 1: This animation zooms into the Three Gorges Dam area. Initially, we arrive with a view of the dam and the reservoir in 2006. We then travel back in time, deconstructing the dam and draining the reservoir revealing what the Yangtze River looked like in 1987. We then travel forward through time, visiting the site in 2000, 2004, and 2006, watching the reservoir fill as construction of the dam continues. 3433 Rise of the Three Gorges Dam
Animation zooms to view the ice shelf as seen from the northwest coastline and sequences through the satellite images showing the ice shelf breakup. An overlay shows the date and time, the region of interest and the area of the ice shelf broken. 3430 Ayles Ice Shelf Breakup Viewed from Northwest Coastline
Animation zooms to view the ice shelf from overhead and sequences through the satellite images showing the breakup. The overlay shows the region of interest and the date and time. 3429 Ayles Ice Shelf Breakup Viewed from Overhead
Left-eye movie of the Sun in 195 Ångstrom ultraviolet. 3428 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: EUVI 195 Ă…ngstroms (Full Disk View)
This is a stereographic version of the movie. Red/Cyan stereo glasses are required to view it properly. <img src='/images/stereoicon.png'>' 3427 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: EUVI 171 Ångstroms (South Pole View)
Left-eye movie of the south pole of the Sun in ultraviolet light. 3426 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: 304 Ångstroms (South Pole View)
Left-eye movie of the Sun at 284 Ångstroms, ultraviolet light. 3425 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: EUVI 284 Ångstroms (Full Disk View)
Left-eye movie of the Sun in ultraviolet. 3424 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: 284 Ă…ngstroms (Active Region)
This is a stereographic version of the movie. Red/Cyan stereo glasses are required to view it properly. <img src='/images/stereoicon.png' > 3423 First 3-D Stereo from STEREO: EUVI 171 Ångstroms (Full Disk View)
Left-eye movie of the solar disk in the 304 Ångstrom filter. 3422 First 3-D stereo from STEREO: EUVI 304 Ångstroms
Left-eye movie of the solar limb. 3421 First 3-D stereo from STEREO: EUVI 171 Angstroms (Active Region)
Print resolution SeaWiFS data over Asia and Australia. 3420 SeaWiFS Biosphere Global Rotation from 1997 to 2006
An animation of the NAMMA mission aircraft flights out of Sal, Cape Verde with satellite flight tracks indicated. 3419 NAMMA Aircraft Flights from Cape Verde
High resolution LIMA data (15 meters per pixel) of the area where Ross Island meets the Ross Ice Shelf. 3418 Sample LIMA Data versus MOA Data of Ross Island
High resolution LIMA data (15 meters per pixel) of the area immediately surrounding McMurdo Station. If you look really close in the foreground, McMurdo Station can be seen as a few white dots on the open rocky outcrop of Ross Island's peninsula. The straight lines in the lower left corner of the picture are runways. 3417 Sample LIMA Data versus MOA Data of McMurdo Station
High resolution LIMA data (15 meters per pixel) of the area surround McMurdo Station. 3416 Sample LIMA Data versus MOA Data of the Area Surrounding McMurdo Station
High resolution LIMA data (15 meters per pixel) centered over Koettlitz Glacier. 3415 Sample LIMA Data versus MOA Data of Koettlitz Glacier
High resolution LIMA data (15 meters per pixel) centered over Ferrar Glacier. 3414 Sample LIMA Data versus MOA Data of Ferrar Glacier
Composite still 3413 Towers in the Tempest
Close-up view of the solar granulation. 3412 Hinode's High-resolution view of solar granulation
Here is a view of the flare in the optical band, a brighter 'thread' near the lower edge of the upper spot and a bright knot near the center of the lower spot. 3411 Hinode's High-Resolution View of the Sun
A full-resolution image from STEREO-A/EUVI in 171 Ångstrom ultraviolet light. 3407 STEREO's Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI)
As the CME moves out, the leading edge appears bright while the trailing edge appears dark in difference images. 3406 STEREO Coronal Mass Ejection: From the EUVI to HI-2
We finally bring in the view of the HI-2 instrument which shows the outer regions of the dust corona and stars. Some constellations are visible. The dark region on the left side of the image is part of the 'Earth Occulter' in the HI-2 instrument. 3405 STEREO Panoramic View
This animation shows seasonal changes in landcover and Arctic sea ice from 2005-09-21 through 2006-09-20. 3404 Global Rotation Showing Seasonal Landcover and Arctic Sea Ice
ICESat elevation data taken on June 2, 2006 is shown in orange. The underlying gray 'shadow' corresponds to where the elevation data lies on the surface. The underlying MODIS data is a 3 day average taken in the month of December 2005. 3403 Antarctic Plumbing: Lake Englehardt's Subglacial Hydraulic System
This animation starts from a global view and zooms into the Ayles Ice Shelf. The region is identified by a red outline. The shelf itself is identified by two flashes of solid red before the ice shelf breakup is shown. A date/time bar shows the progression of time. 3401 Ayles Ice Shelf Breakup in Arctic
THEMIS ASI Gound Station Array visualization 3398 THEMIS ASI Ground Station Array
A computer simulation of a convective weather system. 3393 Convective System Simulation using the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble
This animation shows AMSR-E sea surface temperature and MODIS seasonal landcover from the beginning of 2005 to December, 2006. 3390 AMSR-E Sea Surface Temperature
This animation shows a 32-day moving average of SST data spanning July 4, 2002 to October 23, 2006. The animation starts over Europe, pans across the Atlantic, and settles in over the Gulf Stream. 3389 MODIS Sea Surface Temperature Highlighting the Gulf Stream (2002 to 2006)
This animation shows a 32-day moving average of SST data over the Pacific spanning July 4, 2002 to October 23, 2006. 3388 MODIS Sea Surface Temperature from 2002 to 2006
This animation shows a 32-day moving average of global SeaWiFS data spanning from August 29, 1997 to October 23, 2006. 3387 SeaWiFS Biosphere from 1997 to 2006
Movie of Mercury passing across the disk of the Sun. 3386 Mercury Transit from SOHO/MDI
Movie of Mercury passing across the disk of the Sun. 3385 Mercury Transit from TRACE (1600 Ă…ngstrom ultraviolet)
Movie of Mercury passing across the disk of the Sun. 3384 Mercury Transit from TRACE (White Light)
This animation shows snow cover, sea ice, clouds, sea surface temperature and biosphere while the view moves from North America across the Atlantic Ocean to Northern Africa and Europe. 3383 Sequence of Clouds, Snow Cover, Sea Ice, Sea Surface Temperature and Biosphere
A seamless zoom from the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and starting at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. 3381 Great Zoom out of Chicago, IL: The Adler Planetarium
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. 3380 Great Zoom into Chicago, IL: The Adler Planetarium
Arctic Sea ice from Sep 21, 1979 3378 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Concentration for 1979-2006
This animation shows the flow of the Jakobshavn glacier in 2000, followed by a time series of the glacier's retreat from 2001 through 2006. A colored line and date marks the position of the glacier's calving front each year. 3374 Jakobshavn Glacier Flow in the year 2000 and Calving Front Retreat from 2001 to 2006
This animation moves from a view of the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland to a full global view, showing seasonal changes in Arctic sea ice and global snow cover. (slower version) 3373 Zoom from Jakobshavn Glacier with AMSR-E Daily Sea Ice and MODIS Daily Snow Cover
This animation shows the seasonal advance and retreat of sea ice over the Arctic from 8/5/2005 through 8/4/2006. The yearly cycle is repeated three times while the camera circles the Arctic, providing a view of the sea ice from a wide range of viewpoints. 3372 Loop of AMSR-E Daily Arctic Sea Ice from Aug 2005 to Aug 2006
This animation shows the three-year moving average September mean sea ice concentration in the northern hemisphere from 1979-1981 through 2003-2005. A date bar indicates the range of years averaged to compute the September mean shown. 3371 Three-Year Average September Minimum Sea Ice Concentration 1979 - 2005
This animation depicts the seasonal sea ice change in northern Canada by cycling twice through August 5, 2005 to August 5, 2006. 3368 Annual Sea Ice Cycle over Northern Canada
This animation shows monthly average sea ice climatology from September through August displayed at a rate of two months per second. The month is shown in the upper right corner. 3367 Arctic Monthly Average Sea Ice Climatology
While STEREO A continues outward, STEREO B doesn't have quite enough speed and curves back Earthward, receiving an extra boost from the Moon. This is the 'no date' version. 3364 STEREO's Routes to Solar Orbits
Opening with a view of the aurora borealis, we zoom out to reveal the proposed orbital configuration of the five THEMIS satellites and fade in a GGCM magnetosphere model. 3356 THEMIS Mission and Substorm Simulation
Full version with audio and annotations 3354 27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta
This animation shows the Aqua satellite orbiting the Earth on August 27, 2005 by revealing MODIS true-color imagery for that day. This animation is on a cartesian map projection, so the satellite will look accurate only when the animation is wrapped on a sphere. 3348 Aqua Satellite and MODIS Swath
We begin our flight through the loops, noting that the more prominent regions on the surface have a higher density of field lines. 3346 Grand Tour of the Coronal Loops Model
Opening with a view of the Sun visible from SOHO, we move around to the eastern limb (as seen from Earth) where we see the farside data constructed by helioseismology studies. During the movie, several sunspot groups move from the farside to the Earthside of the Sun. 3336 The Visible Sun Revisited
Plasmasphere plume passes and we see the electron enhancement move across Canada and the U.S. (no dates) 3316 Zoom-in to Plasmapause-Induced TEC Enhancement - April 2001 (Version 2)
Carbon Dioxide graph from 1980 to 2005 over global biosphere data 3309 Missing Carbon: Global Biosphere with Carbon Dioxide Growth Overlaid
Graph with fossil fuel emissions, atmospheric increase, sink, and ENSO bars 3308 Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from 1980 to 2005
Carbon Dioxide graphs from the last 400,000; 1000; and 25 year ranges 3307 Missing Carbon: CO2 Growth in the last 400,000 Years
The B-15a iceberg on Oct. 27, 2005 3304 Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Apart
Another angle of the model showing a number of active regions. 3287 Rotating Tour of Solar Coronal Loops
This animation shows seasonal landcover changes over Northeastern China (left) and Southeastern Russia (right), viewed from the vantage point of the Sea of Japan. The black line marks the border between China and Russia. 3278 Seasonal Landcover Change over Eastern Asia in 2004
This animation shows seasonal landcover change over the Nile delta in 2004. Three yearly cycles are shown, displayed at a rate of two months per second. 3277 Seasonal Landcover Change over the Nile Delta in 2004
HST color imagery of Aristarchus Crater draped over simulated topography 3276 Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Aristarchus Crater - color)
HST imagery of Aristarchus Crater draped over simulated topography 3275 Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Aristarchus Crater - gray)
Push in and fly-around of HST imagery of Apollo 17 landing site. The darker region outside of the lighter interior patch is Clementine data. The lighter interior patch is the high resolution HST data. 3274 Hubble Space Telescope Looks at the Moon to Prospect for Resources (Apollo 17 Landing Region)
This animation shows a global rotation of seasonal changes in landcover. Landcover fades from month to month, and is displayed at a rate of two months per second. 3272 Global Seasonal Landcover in 2004
This animation shows how the landcover changes with the seasons as we fly over the Eastern United States, from Florida to Maine. 3271 Seasonal Landcover Change over the Eastern United States
This animation zooms into Northern Italy and shows seasonal landcover over the Alps and surrounding regions. 3270 Seasonal Landcover Change over the Alps
This animation shows landcover changes as we zoom over Western Asia. 3269 Seasonal Landcover Change over Western Asia in 2004
Hurricane Rita threatens the gulf coast. Blue under the clouds represents the energy of the storm, its rain. 3262 Hurricane Rita from TRMM: September 22, 2005
The TRMM spacecraft's Precipation Radar (PR) instrument observed 18 km towers in the eye wall of Hurricane Rita. 3259 Hurricane Rita's Hot Towers
Energy-releasing deep convective clouds (to 16 km) in the eyewall of Hurricane Katrina on August 28 occurred while the storm was intensifying to a category 5 classification. 3253 Hurricane Katrina Hot Towers
Anatomy of Hurricane Isabel when it was far out in the Atlantic 3252 Anatomy of Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Katrina IR clouds from GOES on 29 Aug 2005 at 00:15 GMT 3251 Hurricane Katrina GOES Clouds
NASA's Earth Observing Fleet 3227 NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet (Improved Background)
Sea surface temperature with clouds overlaid showing the first half of the 2005 hurricane season (no storm tracks) 3226 Sea Surface Temperature, Clouds, and Tropical Depression/Storm/Hurricane Tracks from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005
Sea surface temperature on Aug 29, 2005 3225 Sea Surface Temperature from June 1, 2005 to August 29, 2005
Sea surface temperature showing Hurricane Katrina's cold water wake in blues (08-29-2005) 3222 Hurricane Katrina Sea Surface Temperature
Hurricane Katrina rain accumulation for the period Aug 23 through 29 3221 Hurricane Katrina Rain Accumulation
This animation shows the sea surface height anomaly. This animation is primarily designed to be accessed from the SVS Web Map Services (WMS) server. Each frame represents the accumulation of data over about a 10-day period ending at the date and time indicated in the WMS metadata. 3193 Sea Surface Height Anomaly, 2003-2005 (WMS)
This animation shows the Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly for the first part of 2005. 3192 Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly, 2005 (WMS)
This animation shows the sea surface temperature for the first part of 2005. 3191 Sea Surface Temperature, 2005 (WMS)
Compare Hurricane Jeanne's actual versus predicted track. 3184 fvGCM and Hurricane Jeanne Track
Zoom into the Houston Museum of Natural Science 3183 Great Zoom into the Houston Museum of Natural Science
VIDEO WITH MUSIC AND CAPTIONS 3181 A Tour of the Cryosphere
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature on March 15, 2003. 3180 MODIS Daily Global Snow Cover and Sea Ice Surface Temperature as seen in the SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater
Aqua-AIRS water vapor data (tight view, lower values faded out) 3129 Aqua/AIRS Water Vapor near Southern California #2
Kodak Theatre complex (Los Angeles, CA) 3118 Great Zoom out from Kodak Theater with spin (Los Angeles, CA)
Earth before zooming into Kodak Theatre 3117 Great Zoom into Kodak Theater with spin (Los Angeles, CA)
November 9, 2004 3078 Iceberg Slows Shipping Lanes to McMurdo Station
3D volumetric visualization of Hurricane Frances 3064 fvGCM Climate Model of Hurricane Frances and other storms
Hurricane Ivan spinning through the Gulf of Mexico 3063 fvGCM Climate Model of Hurricane Ivan (hourly/closeup view)
Temperature, August 13, 2004 3061 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Temperature
Ozone, August 13, 2004 3060 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Ozone
Nitric Acid, August 13, 2004 3059 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Nitric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid, August 13, 2004 3058 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Hydrochloric Acid
Water Vapor, August 13, 2004 3057 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Water Vapor
Chlorine Monoxide, August 13, 2004 3056 New Data from Aura's Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Chlorine Monoxide
A portion of the plasmasphere convects out to the magnetopause where it terminates. 3051 Plasmapause Convects to the Magnetopause During Halloween Solar Storm
As particle-induced electric fields increase, the low-energy electrons of the plasmasphere are convected towards the magnetopause, depleting the region near the Earth and enabling the hotter particles from the radiation belts to move closer to the Earth. 3049 Radiation Belts and Plasmapause Fluctuate Under Solar Storm
During the pre-storm time, the inner region of the belts has a relatively low particle flux and for this scaling of the data, a distinct inner belt is not visible as a separate structure. 3048 Earth's Radiation Belts Tremble Under Impact of Solar Storm
An image illustrating the global nature of the fvGCM model. The white cloud-like features show the cloud cover and total moisture calculated by the model and help to illustrate wind motion. The modeled hurricane Ivan is visible in the center of the image. 3046 fvGCM Climate Model and Hurricane Ivan Global View
A close-up, showing the track of Ivan (in yellow) and the fvGCM model track (in green), up the to point of land fall. 3045 fvGCM Climate Model and Hurricane Ivan Track
Lunar fly-by and Earth approach 3041 Lunar Fly By and Earth Approach
ICESat clouds south to north spiral 3040 ICESat Cloud Walls (south to north spiral camera path)
Hurricane Jeanne, September 22, 2004, Terra Satellite 3021 Hurricane Jeanne Crashes into Florida
Hurricane Jeanne, September 24, 2004, Terra Satellite 3020 Up Close and Personal with Hurricane Jeanne
Hurricane Jeanne, September 22, 2004, Terra Satellite 3019 Hurricane Jeanne's Progression with a Fixed View
Hurricane Jeanne, September 22, 2004, Terra Satellite 3018 A Fixed View of Hurricane Jeanne's Progression
Hurricane Jeanne, September 23, 2004, Terra Satellite 3017 Hurricane Jeanne on September 23, 2004
Hurricane Ivan, September 9, 2004, Terra Satellite 3015 A Fixed View of Hurricane Ivan
TRMM provides this view of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004, as its eye makes landfall. TRMM lets us see through the clouds. Blue represents areas with at least 0.25 inches of rain per hour. 3011 Hurricane Ivan Rainfall Structure seen by TRMM on September 16, 2004
Hurricane Ivan, September 9, 2004, Aqua Satellite 3006 Hurricane Ivan Progression with Fixed View
With the countries outlined, one can see excatly locate where the Hurricane Ivan is. 3004 Hurricane Ivan Closes in on Jamaica
Hurricane Ivan, September 9, 2004, Aqua Satellite 3003 Hurricane Ivan Heads Towards Jamaica
Hurricane Frances, August 27, 2004, Aqua Satellite 2994 Flying Along with Hurricane Frances
Hurricane Ivan, September 5, 2004, Aqua Satellite 2993 Up on Deck, Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Frances, August 27, 2004, Aqua Satellite 2992 Hurricane Frances Progression with a Fixed View
This animation follows Hurricane Isabel (2003) from its birthplace in the Ethiopian Highlands of East Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the United States. Atlantic hurricanes are often formed as winds over the Gulf of Aden intersect with the Ethiopian Highlands. 2987 Hurricane Isabel Genesis
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature over Europe on March 12, 2003 2985 Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over Asia
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature over Europe on February 7, 2003. 2984 Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over Europe
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature over North America on February 9, 2003. 2983 Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over North America
This image shows the snow cover and sea ice surface temperature over the North Pole on March 23, 2003. 2982 Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over the North Pole
This animation shows the daily advance and retreat of snow cover, and sea ice surface temperature over the Northern Hemisphere during the winter of 2002-2003. Snow cover over the tip of South America is also shown during the summer of 2000. 2981 Global Daily Snow and Sea Ice Surface Temperature
Hurricane Frances, August 27, 2004, Aqua Satelite 2977 Hurricane Frances Progression with Fixed View
This and the following images show the high detail that the Terra Satellite sensor MODIS can acquire. 2976 Examining Hurricane Frances' Cloud Structure
Hurricane Frances, September 1, 2004, Terra Satellite 2975 Hurricane Frances on September 1, 2004
Hurricane Frances, August 27, 2004, Aqua Satellite 2974 Hurricane Frances Progression
June 29, 2004 2973 Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Smoke plumes from the eastern Alaska fires on June 29, 2004. 2972 Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska and Canada
This animation shows the portion of the Earth visible from the Galileo spacecraft. 2971 Galileo Earth Views (WMS)
A closer view of the fires. Date 2004-06-29 2965 Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada
The last big X-class flare as the active region rotates back to the far side of the Sun. 2961 Halloween Solar Storms from SOHO/EIT and SOHO/LASCO
View of the CME from the side. 2958 Building a 3-D Coronal Mass Ejection from 2-D Data
On May 16, 2004 Nida engulfs the Philippines. 2951 Super Typhoon Nida
Aura passing over Europe collecting (simulated) OMI data. 2948 Simulated Aura/OMI Data Collection
Spacecraft orbit the Earth including Terra, Aqua, and Aura 2945 NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet (includes Aura)
Spacecraft orbit the Earth including Terra, Aqua, and Aura (in orange) 2944 NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet (includes Aura in orange)
The East Coast of the United States. Blue Marble data set with state lines and country boundaries. 2943 Canadian Smoke Invades the East Coast
There are two datasets, TOMS and ozone. 2942 TOMS Ozone Holds Key to Ozone Trends (with Dates)
A section of the outer shell is removed to reveal the Earth. 2941 TOMS Ozone Holds Key to Ozone Trends (with Height Indicator)
A section of the outer shell is removed to reveal the Earth. 2940 TOMS Ozone Holds Key to Ozone Trends
Movie of spacecraft on an Earth-to-Mars trajectory. 2924 Sun vs. Mission to Mars
Full Earth view 2888 Great Zoom into Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium
Full Earth view 2887 Great Zoom out of Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium
Crescent shaped Earth #1 2886 Great Zoom into Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium (with spin)
Crescent shaped Earth #1 2885 Great Zoom out of Houston, Texas: Reliant Stadium (with spin)
NASAs Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet close up 2881 NASA's Orbiting Earth Observing Fleet
Still image comparing true color Mars to true color Earth 2878 Earth-Mars Planet Comparisons (True Color)
Comparing Mars to Earth in false color 2877 Earth-Mars Planet Comparisons (False Color with Axes and Orbit Plane)
View of Antarctica 2874 Great Zoom into Don Juan Pond, Antarctica (treatment #2)
Animation comparing the relative size differences between Mauna Loa and Olympus Mons volcanoes. 1x exaggeration. Note that the Earth's ocean beds are colorized to show depth below sea level. In this color scheme, greens and yellows are higher elevations; blues and purples are deeper levels. 2864 Earth-Mars Volcano Comparisons: Final Composite
Projecting spacecraft field measurements along the solar wind reveals structure in the flow. 2863 ViSBARD: The Wind from the Sun
We see the Earth to get a sense of the scale in this region. 2862 ViSBARD: Insights into the Sun-Earth Connection
April 7, 2001 2859 China Dust Storm seen by Earth Probe/TOMS in April of 2001
This animation shows the MODIS imagery of the California fires from October 23, 2003 to October 29, 2003. Then it zooms out and reruns the sequence with the TOMS aerosol data overlaid on top of the MODIS imagery. 2858 California Fires MODIS imagery and TOMS Aerosols from October 2003
The High Definition version of the Multisensor Fire Observation animation with audio and minimal annotations. 2854 Multisensor Fire Observations without Labels (HD Version)
The High Definition version of the Multisensor Fire Observation animation with audio, text labels and colorbars. 2853 Multisensor Fire Observations with Labels (HD Version)
This visualization shows the progrssion of Hurricane Isabel across the Atlantic as seen by the MODIS instruments on NASA's Terra and Aqua spacecraft. 2825 Hurricane Isabel Progresssion as Seen by MODIS
Print Resolution Image of North Pole Sea Ice 2738 Polar Sea Ice in the 1990s
Orbital view of North America, with the Chesapeake Bay near the center 2737 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Tour
Zoom into Kodak Theater with spin 2733 Great Zoom into the Kodak Theater with Spin (Los Angeles, CA)
Zoom out from Kodiak Theater 2732 Great Zoom out from the Kodak Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Zoom into Kodak Theater 2731 Great Zoom into the Kodak Theater (Los Angeles, CA)
Mount Kilimanjaro, with a small ice cap, on February 21, 2000. 2701 Mt Kilimanjaro, 2000
Mt. Kilimanjaro in 1993 2700 Mt Kilimanjaro, 1993
Great Zoom Mosaic: Zoom out of twenty different locations simultaneously. 2667 Great Zoom Mosaic - Zoom Out
Great Zoom Mosaic: Zoom in to twenty different locations simultaneously. 2666 Great Zoom Mosaic - Zoom In
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and QuickBird, and ending at the Grand Canyon. 2665 Great Zoom into the Grand Canyon, AZ
A seamless zoom from the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and QuickBird, and starting at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. 2664 Great Zoom out of the Grand Canyon, AZ
Stratospheric ozone for September 24, 2002 2573 Antarctic Ozone from TOMS: August 15, 2002, to September 29, 2002
Winter 2001 in the Provo, Utah area 2557 Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover During Winter (NASM2002)
Fall 2001 in the Provo, Utah area 2556 Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover during Fall (NASM2002)
Summer 2001 in the Provo, Utah area 2555 Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover During Summer (NASM2002)
Spring 2001 in the Provo, Utah area 2554 Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover During Spring (NASM2002)
This animation shows global fire activity 7-1-2001 and 8-20-2002. During June 2002, a close view of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire is shown. A clock overlay indicates the date. 2547 Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire with Clock
This image shows the extent of the Rodeo-Chediski Fire as of 7-2-2002. 2546 Portrait of Global Fires with Zoom to Rodeo/Chediski Fire
The expanding bubble of hot plasma expands into SOHO-LASCO C3 field of view just before bursting 2509 A Multi-Mission View of the AR9906 Solar Flare with Instrument Labels
This animation shows the dynamic behavior of the advance and retreat of continental snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for the winter of 2001-02. 2484 Global Snow Cover from MODIS
Viewing the precipitation data along the TRMM swath. 2481 Hurricane Floyd: September 13, 1999
Volumetric global clouds on flat map (top view) 2413 AIRS Volumetric Cloud Data (Fly In)
Volumetric global temperature on flat map (top view) 2411 AIRS Volumetric Temperature Data (Fly In)
A profile view of the magnetosphere. The Sun would be located to the left. Lines from the Earths magnetic field are stretched out behind the Earth to form the magnetotail. 2391 Magnetosphere II: The Solar Wind Strikes Back!
Particle model for September 13, 1991 2389 Mount Pinatubo Particle Model
A profile view of the magnetosphere. The Sun would be located to the left. Lines from the Earth's magnetic field are stretched out behind the Earth to form the magnetotail. 2387 The Magnetosphere - Earth Raises its Shields
A seamless zoom from the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on the ground to space ending with a spin of the Earth, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2380 Great Zoom out of Salt Lake City, UT: Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium (with Spin)
Zoom into Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium with clouds. 2379 Great Zoom into Salt Lake City, UT: Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium (with Spin)
A seamless zoom from the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on the ground to space, ending with a spin of the Earth showing city lights in the darkness behind a terminator, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2378 Great Zoom out of Salt Lake City, UT: Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium (with Spin and Night Lights)
A seamless zoom from the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium on the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2376 Great Zoom out of Salt Lake City, UT: Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium (Straight Down)
A seamless zoom from Park City, Utah, to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2374 Great Zoom out of Park City, UT
A seamless zoom from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2372 Great Zoom out of Salt Lake City, UT: The Delta Center
A seamless zoom from Snow Basin, Utah, to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS 2370 Great Zoom out of Snow Basin, UT
A seamless zoom from the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and starting at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland 2330 Great Zoom out of Greenbelt, MD: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ozone in the northern and southern hemispheres as measured by Earth Probe TOMS from 7-26-1996 to 11-4-2001 2284 Total Ozone from Earth Probe TOMS: 7/26/1996-11/4/2001
Full globe view 2251 Great Zoom into Washington, DC: NASA Headquarters
Full globe view 2249 Great Zoom into Baltimore, MD: The Inner Harbor
Full globe view 2247 Great Zoom into Seattle, WA: The Space Needle
Full globe view 2245 Great Zoom into Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Football Stadium
A view of the subsurface sunspot structure from another angle. 2232 SOHO/MDI Investigates Solar Flows Under Sunspots
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland 2185 Great Zoom into Greenbelt, MD: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ozone in the northern and southern hemisphere as measured by Earth Probe TOMS from 7-26-96 to 12-4-00. 2166 EPTOMS Ozone (7/26/96 - 12/4/00)
Global carbon monoxide on 23 March 2000 2150 Terra/MOPITT CO Full Earth
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, Massachusetts. 2121 Great Zoom into Boston, MA: The Bunker Hill Monument
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. 2120 Great Zoom into Long Beach, CA: The Queen Mary
Showing changes in Rondonia, Brazil, due to deforestation. Data from 1975, 1986, 1992, and 2001 is presented. 2116 Deforestation of Rondonia, Brazil (with dates), from 1975 to 2001
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the World Trade Center in New York City, New York. 2113 Great Zoom into New York, NY: The World Trade Center
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco, California. 2112 Great Zoom into San Francisco, CA: Fisherman's Wharf
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at Spaceship Earth in Epcot outside of Orlando, Florida. 2111 Great Zoom into Orlando, FL: Epcot Spaceship Earth
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois. 2110 Great Zoom into Chicago, IL: The Sears Tower
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia. 2109 Great Zoom into Atlanta, GA: The State Capitol Building
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, California. 2108 Great Zoom into Los Angeles, CA: The Hollywood Sign
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 2107 Great Zoom into Washington, DC: the U.S. Capitol
The SeaWiFS instrument looks at the world's oceans and land to observe the plant life and phytoplankton. In this flat projection view, you can see the whole world pulse with life. 2076 SeaWiFS Views the Whole World with Three Years of Data
A rotating view of the asteroid Eros, where the colors represent the gravity slope measured by NEAR. This version has grid lines every 15 degrees. 2060 NEAR Views the Asteroid Eros (Gravity Slope)
Our Solar System 1402 Earth Today 1998
Flyover of Mars MOLA topography with false color texure 1335 Mars Flyover Based on MOLA Data for the Carl Sagan Lecture
A combined image of clouds from GOES and sea surface temperatures from TRMM in the Atlantic on August 28, 1998. This image shows Hurricane Danielle right on top of the cooler ocean region caused by Hurricane Bonnie. 1066 Sea Surface Temp and Hurricane Connections: TRMM and GOES, Aug. 22, 1998 through Sept. 3, 1998 (Deluxe version)
A combined image of clouds from GOES and sea surface temperatures from TRMM in the Atlantic on August 28, 1998. This image shows Hurricane Bonnie over the East Coast of the United States and the cool water track that Bonnie left in its wake. Hurricane Danielle is in the lower right corner of the image. 1065 Sea Surface Temp and Hurricane Connections: TRMM and GOES, Aug. 22, 1998 through Sept. 3, 1998 (Basic version)
Flight around the San Francisco Bay area (TM 542) (September 27, 1997) 876 San Francisco with elevation (542), x 3 exaggeration.
El Nino-La Nina sea surface temperature, height, and wind anomalies in the Pacific for January 1997 through December 1999. Wind anomalies stop at September 1999. 793 El Niño-La Niña Sea Surface Temperature, Height, and Wind Anomalies: Jan. 1997 through Dec. 1999
A slow flyby of the SeaStar satellite orbiting the Earth. The imagery on the Earth was taken by the SeaWiFS instrument onboard the SeaStar satellite. 397 SeaStar Satellite Beauty Shot
This animation shows a fly-in to Hurricane Bonnie showing the three-dimensional structure of the precipitation as measured by the Precipitation Radar instrument on TRMM on August 22, 1998. In this animation, a surface of constant precipitation is colored by the value of the precipitation on the ground under the surface. 222 Hurricane Bonnie from TRMM with Cloud Tower: August 22, 1998 (Long Version)
A fly along to TRMMs orbital path on September 2, 1998, showing the three-dimensional structure of the precipitation of four hurricanes, Howard, Isis, Earl, and Danielle, as measured by the Precipitation Radar instrument on TRMM. In this animation, a surface of constant precipitation is colored by the value of the precipitation on the ground under the surface. 213 TRMM Hurricane Alley: September 2, 1998
Water is all around us, and its importance to nearly every natural process on earth cannot be underestimated. The water cycle is the movement of water around the Earth in all its forms, from the ocean to the atmosphere, to snow, soil, aquifers, lakes, and streams on land, and ultimately backs to the ocean. This video explains what the water cycle is and how important it is to life on earth.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10509 Water, Water Everywhere!
Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity changes can create ocean circulation changes that, in turn, may impact regional and global climates. The extent to which salinity impacts our global ocean circulation is still relatively unknown, but NASA's new Aquarius mission will help advance that understanding by painting a global picture of our planet's salty waters. 10504 Salt of the Earth
Sea level rise is an indicator that our planet is warming. Much of the world's population lives on or near the coast, and rising seas are something worth watching. Sea level can rise for two reasons, both linked to a warming planet. When ice on land, such as mountain glaciers or the ice sheets of Greenland or Antarctica, melt, that water contributes to sea level rise. And when our oceans get warmer - another indicator of climate change - the water expands, also making sea level higher. Using satellites, lasers, and radar in space, and dedicated researchers on the ground, NASA is studying the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all. 10503 Melting Ice, Rising Seas
We know climate change can affect us, but does climate change alter something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans? For years, scientists have studied the world's oceans by sending out ships and divers, deploying data-gathering buoys, and by taking aerial measurements from planes. But one of the better ways to understand oceans is to gain an even broader perspective - the view from space. NASA's Earth observing satellites do more than just take pictures of our planet. High-tech sensors gather data, including ocean surface temperature, surface winds, sea level, circulation, and even marine life. Information the satellites obtain help us understand the complex interactions driving the world's oceans today - and gain valuable insight into how the impacts of climate change on oceans might affect us on dry land. 10502 Climate Change and the Global Ocean
This animation shows one molecule of water completing the hydrologic cycle. Heat from the sun causes the molecule to evaporate from the ocean's surface. Once it evaporates, it is transported high in the atmosphere and condenses to form clouds. Clouds can move great distances and eventually the water molecule will fall as rain or snow. Ultimately, the water molecule arrives back where it started...at the ocean. 10501 The Water Cycle
Sponsored by USAID, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) was designed to help governments and aid agencies assess the need for food aid before a famine develops. This episode describes FEWS NET and looks at how FEWS NET uses NASA data to make decisions on the ground.<p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10500 Science for a Hungry World: Food Security
Milky Way Galaxy Zoom 10499 Zoom from the Milky Way Galaxy to our Heliosphere
Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through this complex cycle. The ocean plays the most critical role in regulating Earth's carbon balance, and understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10498 Keeping Up With Carbon
One tiny marine plant makes life on Earth possible: phytoplankton. These microscopic photosynthetic drifters form the basis of the marine food web, they regulate carbon in the atmosphere, and are responsible for half of the photosynthesis that takes place on this planet. Earth's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and as our home planet warms, so does the ocean. Warming waters have big consequences for phytoplankton and for the planet. <p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10497 The Ocean's Green Machines
NASA remote sensing data is used to measure how much land is used for agriculture and where farms are in relation to population density. This episode explore the transition between native vegetation, farms, and cities. Satellites show where land use changes have been most significant.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10496 Science for a Hungry World: Land Cover Land Use Change
This conceptual animation illustrates some of the ecological pathways between species within the marine ecosystem. Single-celled microscopic plants called phytoplankton float in the upper ocean. These photosynthetic plants form the foundation of the marine food web, and nearly all life in the ocean depend upon them for survival, including microscopic zooplankton and whales. 10495 Marine Food Web
Carbon is the basic building block of life, and these unique atoms are found everywhere on Earth. Carbon makes up Earth's plants and animals, and is also stored in the ocean, the atmosphere, and the crust of the planet. A carbon atom could spend millions of years moving through Earth in a complex cycle. This conceptual animation provides an illustration of the various parts of the Carbon cycle. Purple arrows indicate the uptake of Carbon; yellow arrows indicate the release of Carbon. <p> 10494 The Carbon Cycle
A fast-paced interview with NASA climate scientist Tom Wagner, where he provides a look at the state of Arctic sea ice in 2009 and discusses NASA's role in monitoring the cryosphere.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10493 Arctic Sea Ice 101
Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. Each winter existing sea ice thickens and new, thinner ice is formed. This conceptual animation shows a cut-away view of the seasonal advance and retreat of Arctic sea ice, demonstrating the current trend toward a thinning ice pack, with less of the thicker multi-year ice surviving each summer's melt. 10492 Arctic Sea Ice Conceptual Animation
Every day, NASA collects information vital to food production all over the world. This information is a valuable asset. NASA's mission: to give it away for free. With the data they collect, teams of NASA researchers and their partners at the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, USAID Famine Early Warning Network (FEWS NET), NOAA, and several major universities including the University of Maryland, work to increase crop yields, ease famine, and keep the global agricultural system functioning.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10491 Science For a Hungry World: NASA's Partners
As the first of six episodes, Science for a Hungry World: Part 1 sets the groundwork for explaining why NASA data is critical to ensure a stable global food system. This video reveals how satellite remote sensing data provide the world with essential information like the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, or NDVI, which allows scientists and governments to see the health of crops on a global scale. This video reinforces the idea that a unique perspective from space is essential for continuous global agricultural monitoring and accurate forecasting.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10490 Science For a Hungry World: Introduction
This short video explains the purposes and capabilities of Spacebook.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10487 NASA's Spacebook
The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument on board NASA's LRO spacecraft will be responsible for building the highest detail topography currently available of the lunar terrain. In this video David Smith, LOLA's Principal Investigator, explains how this technology works.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10486 LOLA: Defining the Lunar Terrain
10485 Swift's UV portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy
Water specialists Rick Allen, Bill Kramber and Tony Morse have created an innovative satellite-based method that maps agricultural water consumption. The team uses Landsat thermal band data to measure the amount of water evaporating from the soil and transpiring from plants' leaves. Evapotranspiring water absorbs energy, so farm fields consuming more water appear cooler in the thermal band. The Landsat observations provide an objective way for water managers to assess on a field-by-field basis how much water agricultural growers are using. Landsat is a joint program of NASA and the US Geological Survey.<p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10484 Landsat: A Space Age Water Gauge
Smith #2<p><b>LOLA First DEM Flyover</b><p>(full resolution frames of this visualization can be found on <a href= 10483 LRO Early Results Press Conference Visuals
This short animation illustrates two scenarios. The first depicts plants blooming at the same time bees emerge to forage for nectar and pollen. The second depicts an earlier bloom, where flowers bloom before bees are ready to forage. The flowers miss out on getting pollinated, and the bees miss their chance to gather nectar and pollen. 10482 Honey Bees and Climate Change Animations
NASA's Wayne Esaias sees honeybees as important data collectors to help us understand our changing climate. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10481 Feeling the Sting of Climate Change
The primary goal of the GRACE mission is to accurately map variations in the Earth's gravity field over its 5-year lifetime. 10480 GRACE Beauty Pass Animations
LARGEST introduces mainstream audiences to the planet Jupiter. The following trailer showcases some of the visual themes contained in the movie and points to the film's main website.<p><p>This film has been prepared exclusively for playback on spherical projections systems. It will not appear in its proper format on a traditional computer or television screen. If you are interested in dowloading the complete final movie file for spherical playback, please visit :<p><a href= 10477 LARGEST: A Spherical Movie About Jupiter
SDO is Moving On Out 10476 G2009-080 SDO Moves Out
On August 1, 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team invited the public to celebrate the mission's successful trip to the Moon with a free event at the GSFC Visitors Center. The 10475 LRO Moon Party
Townsend came to Goddard with a background in physics and has served as the instrument manager of Hubble's newest imager, Wide Field Camera 3.<p><p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10474 Hubble Career Profiles
Astronaut Kathryn Thornton and NASA engineer Russ Werneth look back at the challenges and triumphs of the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. With footage from Servicing Mission 1 and the recent Servicing Mission 4, Thornton and Werneth look back at the problems, solutions, and legacy of Hubble.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10473 The Hubble Legacy: A Collegiate Case Study
Exactly a month ago on June 27 NASA launched a new and improved weather satellite called GOES-O. Now that GOES-O is safely into its orbit, it has been renamed to GOES-14. On July 27, 2009 NOAA and NASA released the first full disk image from GOES-14 showing that the satellite is operating correctly. NASA Goddard Producer Silvia Stoyanova, visits the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Md. for the release of the first image and talks to NOAA Meteorologist Tom Renkevens about it.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10472 NASA/NOAA GOES-14: First Full Disk Image
Meet engineers who assembled built, integrated and tested the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).<p><p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10471 SDO Engineers Create What Never Was
A new model of oddly shaped debris disks around stars incorporates the drag effect from interstellar gas on the disk's outermost small particles. The force only affects the smallest particles -- those about one micrometer across, or about the size of particles in smoke. 10470 Interstellar "Wind" Sculpts Dusty Disks Around Stars
<b>GSFC Control Rooms</b><p>Though the actual Atlas rocket carrying NASA's LRO mission was launched from a site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Mission Operations Control Center (or MOCC) is located at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It is from the MOCC and Flight Conrol room (also at Goddard) that engineers will actually 10469 LRO Launch - More Views
Dr. Feldman reflects on his unique perspective on this fascinating region and looks ahead to his journey to Galapagos. 10468 Journey to Galapagos
Never before seen video of astronauts jettisoning backpacks. The broadcasting companies of the day stopped recording, due to the fact that the astronauts were inside the LM getting ready for take off. A NASA employee filmed this by aiming his 8mm camera at a monitor. <p>This version is framed to be compared with the footage previously in the NASA archive, however there was no footage in the archive for this segment. For the full frame version, see below. 10467 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Never Before Seen Video of Astronauts Jettisoning Backpacks
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong climbing the ladder after the three hour EVA.<p> 10466 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Neil Armstrong Climbing the Ladder After the Three Hour EVA
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of astronauts storing rock samples into the LM.<p> 10465 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Astronauts Storing Rock Samples into the LM
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin entering the LM after an EVA.<p> 10464 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Entering the LM after an EVA
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin hammering a core sample tube into the moon's surface.<p> 10463 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Hammering a Core Sample Tube into the Moon's Surface
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin carrying experiment packages.<p> 10462 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Carrying Experiment Packages
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin kicking moon dust.<p> 10461 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Kicking Moon Dust
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of the astronauts talking with President Nixon.<p> 10460 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of the Astronauts Talking with President Nixon
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin walking and running.<p> 10459 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Walking and Running
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Raising the American Flag.<p> 10458 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Raising the American Flag
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong photographing Buzz Aldrin setting up a Solar Wind Collector.<p> 10457 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Neil Armstrong Photographs Buzz Aldrin Setting Up a Solar Wind Collector
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong's television panorama.<p> 10456 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Neil Armstrong's Television Panorama
A side by sidy comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong unveil the commemorative plaque.<p> 10455 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong Unveil the Commemorative Plaque
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Buzz Aldrin follows Neil Armstrong down the lunar module ladder. <p> 10454 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Buzz Aldrin Following Neil Armstrong Down the Lunar Module Ladder
A side by side comparison of the original broadcast video and partially restored video of Neil Armstrong making his way to the lunar surface, by climbing down the lunar module ladder.<p> 10453 Apollo 11 40th Anniversary: Partially Restored Video of Neil Armstrong Making His Way to the Lunar Surface
This animation shows the Moon passing in between the Sun and the Earth on July 22, 2009. 10452 July 22, 2009 Total Solar Eclipse
Apollo 11 Highlights<p> 10451 NASA Releases Preview Partially Restored Apollo 11 Video
In this video, two days prior to the GOES-O launch, NASA Goddard Producer Silvia Stoyanova visits Cape Canaveral's Air Force Station, launch pad 37, to talk to NASA GOES N-P Deputy Project Manager Andre' Dress, about the factors that could cause a launch delay, what's special about GOES geosynchronous orbit, and how valuable the mission is to the public by helping predict severe weather, thus saving lives and properties. This video also includes footage from the GOES-O launch. <p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10450 GOES-O: Countdown To Launch
In this video, two days prior to the GOES-O launch, NASA Goddard Producer Silvia Stoyanova visits Cape Canaveral's Air Force Station, launch pad 37, to talk to United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Chief Engineer Russel Taub, about the launch vehicle on which NASA is sending GOES-O into space. Russel Taub explains the reasons behind choosing this particular rocket and also the way it gets tested to make sure that the spacecraft reaches its orbit. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10449 GOES-O: Behind The Scenes With a Rocket Scientist
In this video, two days prior to the GOES-O launch, NASA Goddard Producer Silvia Stoyanova visits Cape Canaveral's Air Force Station, launch pad 37, to talk to GOES N-P Program Manager Charlie Maloney and Boeing Systems Engineer Pat Jasanis about the importance of the GOES-O mission as well as the launch vehicle, and some behind the scenes activities prior to launch.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10448 GOES-O: Days Before Launch
Time: Tue Jun 30 15:28:04 UTC 2009<p>Orbit: 72<p>Center Longitude: -6°<p>Center Latitude: -34.4°<p>Resolution: 73 cm/pixel<p>Mode: Summed 10447 Flyover of the First Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
Back to the Moon. It's Official.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10445 LRO Enters Lunar Orbit (Highlights)
This video is a live program that aired during the crucial thruster burns which put the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter officially into lunar orbit. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT on June 23, 2009. 10444 LRO Enters Lunar Orbit (full live event)
<b>Behind the Scenes at the LRO/LCROSS Launch</b><p>Excitement is running high at Kennedy Space Center as NASA's top lunar experts prepare for the LRO/LCROSS launch.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10443 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Launch Videos
Wall*E comes to your classroom! 10442 Wall*E meets the Digital Learning Network
<b>The Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE)</b><br><br>Dean Pesnell explains how the The Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) instrument will allow us to better measure solar irradiance in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. This type of irradiance, which is absorbed completely by Earth's upper atmosphere, can be dangerous to astronauts and electronics in space. It can also heat up and expand the outer atmosphere, potentially causing satellites to fall out of orbit.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10441 SDO's Instruments
Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2009, Goddard Space Flight Center has seen a lot of changes over its first five decades. Yet at the same time, the core values and mission of the center has changed little. This vintage film from 1976 shows a time-capsule glimpse of GSFC's early foundations and how remarkably similar they are to today. <p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10440 Goddard Space Flight Center (1976)
Video of the Goddard STOCC on May 19, 2009 at the release of Hubble from the STS-125 mission shuttle. 10439 Senator Mikulski Celebrates Hubble Success
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10438 LRO: Mapping Our Future
Keith Walyus describes his role in the Hubble SM4 spacewalks.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10437 Inside Hubble's Control Room During a Spacewalk
Description of improvements being made on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10436 Making Hubble More Powerful
Highlights from the Hubble SM4 launch on May 11, 2009. 10435 Hubble SM4 Launch Highlights
Earth Observatory 10 Year Anniversary video<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10434 Earth Observatory 10 Year Anniversary
Craig Tooley is the Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Tooley give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. 10433 LRO Interview: Craig Tooley, Project Manager
This footage give a glimpse of what it's like to set foot on the surface of the moon. 10432 Apollo Mission Lunar Surface Footage
Dr. Robert H. Goddard is the undisputed father of modern rocketry and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. is named in his honor. This illustrated film tells the story of Dr. Goddard's contributions to science and engineering. Dug from the Goddard Multimedia archives, this short piece is almost as old as the center itself.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10431 Dr. Robert H. Goddard: Father of Modern Rocketry (1961)
Cathy Peddie is the Deputy Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Peddie give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. 10430 LRO Interview: Cathy Peddie, Deputy Project Manager
John Keller is the Deputy Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Keller give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. 10429 LRO Interview: John Keller, Deputy Project Scientist
A brief recap of the Earth Day DLN event, featuring Valerie Casasanto, Marci Delaney, and Kenji Williams.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10428 Earth Day with Kenji Williams
Noctilucent Clouds Music Video 10427 Noctilucent Clouds A capella Music Video
This movie shows pulsed gamma rays from the Vela pulsar as constructed from photons detected by Fermi's Large Area Telescope. A single pulsar cycle is repeated four times. 10426 Vela Pulsar in Gamma Rays
<b>Spin Test</b><p>The spin test determines the spacecraft's center of gravity and measures characteristics of its rotation. It also provides a fine 360-degree display of LRO. 10425 Testing of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
B-roll of engineers in the Hubble Space Telescope Operations Control Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as they send commands to Hubble's Science Instrument Command and Data Handling unit (SI CandDH) October 15, 2008. 10424 HST Space Telescope Operations Control Center B-roll
Engineers begin preparing and testing the spare SI CandDH unit in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's cleanroom. 10423 SI CandDH Cleanroom B-roll
GOES-O is set for an upcoming launch in 2009 and it will be the latest in a series of satellites that has forecasted the development of severe weather for over 25 years. Operated by NOAA and launched by NASA, GOES-O will continue providing critical data used for real-time weather prediction on Earth as well as space weather events.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010422/GOESMissionOverviewTranscript.htm'>here</a>. 10422 GOES-O Mission Overview Video
SOHO/TRACE Intro with bonus Sun Shots segment.<p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010421/SOHOtraceTranscript.htm'>here</a>. 10421 SOHO/TRACE Intro
Animation 10420 HST SI CandDH EVA Animation
In commemoration of the end of the International Polar Year, Tom Wagner, NASA Cryosphere Program Scientist, appeared on television stations around the country on April 6, 2009. This video highlights his answers to questions about the IPY, climate change, and new data on the extent and thickness of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010419/2009_Sea_Ice_Findings_Cap_IPY_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10419 New Sea Ice Findings Cap Year of Focus on Poles
Dr. Angelos Vourlidas, the Project Scientist for STEREO's Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investivation (SECCHI) instrument, explains how the STEREO satellites have been able to observe the true size, shape, and three-dimensional structure of a coronal mass ejection for the first time.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010418/anat_cme_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10418 STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of a Solar Storm in 3-D
Though it was only one among 171 parties in 41 countries in celebrating Yuri's Night, Goddard's event couldn't be matched, it was a galactic event to remember.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010417/Transcript_Yuris_Night_2009.htm'>here</a>. 10417 Yuri's Night 2009
This guided tour of the area surrounding McMurdo Station in Antarctica uses the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). It's a great way to experience the frozen continent without any risk of frostbite.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010416/LIMA_wVO_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10416 Guided Tour of LIMA Flyover
Nearly every spring since 1991, researchers including William Krabill of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., have flown on a NASA aircraft over Greenland, collecting measurements of ice thickness from an altitude of about 2,000 feet. Now, on March 30, Krabill and colleagures return to collect updated measurements. This time, however, the mission is set to be more extensive than ever before, and takes place with new urgency. Radars and lasers new to the Greenland flights will be tested and calibrated with meaturements currently made from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat). Launched in January 2003, ICESat is already more than six years beyond its three-year design lifetime and should it come to an end, the NASA aircraft will be ready to bridge the gap until the launch of ICESat-II, planned for launch no earlier than 2014.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010414/GreenlandIceFlights_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10414 Greenland Ice Flights
GOES Animation - Beauty Shot 10413 GOES Spacecraft Animations and Print Still Images
Return to P.I.G.: The Long Wait for Science 10412 Return to P.I.G.
An introduction plus Number 5 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries, which include the discovery of sunspots by Galileo in 1609. 10411 The Top 5 Solar Discoveries
On February 11, 2008, after months of assembly and testing by engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft was cased up and loaded on a truck bound for Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for launch. 10410 LRO Ships Out from Goddard Space Flight Center
Short promo for Sun-Earth Day 2009 featuring scientists and students talking about the most fascinating things they've learned about our sun. 10409 Sun-Earth Day 2009 Promos
This all-sky movie shows Fermi LAT counts of gamma rays with energies greater than 300 million electron volts from August 4 to October 30, 2008. Brighter colors indicate brighter gamma-ray sources. The circles show the northern (left) and southern galactic sky. Their edges lie along the plane of our galaxy, the Milky Way. 10407 Fermi All-sky Movie Shows Flaring, Fading Blazars
X-Ray detector animation for proposed GEMS mission. 10406 GEMS X-Ray Detector Animation
Designed exclusively for playback on spherical projections surfaces, FROZEN introduces mainstream audiences to the cryosphere--places on Earth where the temperatures don't rise above water's freezing point. The following trailer showcases some of the visual themes contained in the movie and points to the film's main website.<p><p>This film has been prepared exclusively for playback on spherical projections systems. It will not appear in its proper format on a traditional computer or television screen. If you are interested in dowloading the complete final movie file for spherical playback, please visit : <p><a href= 10403 FROZEN: A Spherical Movie About the Cryosphere
The animation shows how, in the days leading up to March 14, 2008, pockets of rain fell between drought-ravaged areas that saw no rain, setting up boundaries of dry and moist air. These boundaries along with urban-rural land cover boundaries produce circulations and rising air similar to a sea breeze. They may also serve as localized regions of enhancement for existing storms or initiation of new storms. Modeling studies suggest that these boundaries may have been a factor in the storms that produced the Atlanta tornado. 10402 Rain, Drought, Urbanization Contributing Factors for Storms
Still observing the Earth after 25 years--22 beyond its three-year primary mission lifetime--Landsat 5 collects valuable scientific data daily. Some attribute the satellite's longevity to over-engineering. Others say it's a long run of good luck. Whatever the reason, no one who attended the satellite's March 1984 launch could have expected it would still be working today.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010400/a010401/Transcript_Landsat5Turns25.htm'>here</a>. 10401 Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
This short promo, featuring portraits of Goddard's scientists, engineers, and educators, celebrates 50 years of the center's achievements. 10400 50 Years of Goddard
Engineers from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics journeyed from Boulder, Colorado to Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia to assist with integration of Glory's Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM). 10399 Glory Cleanroom B-roll, Orbital Sciences Corporation
August 20, 2008 ash event. 10398 USGS Video of a Hawaiian Volcano
Street traffic timelapse. 10397 City and Traffic Timelapses
This data is from October 2003, and displays the largest recorded short-term decrease in TSI. Video courtesy of Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. 10396 Solar Variability and Total Solar Irradiance (TSI)
A global view of Earth's response to total solar irradiance. 10395 Earth's Energy Budget Animations: Global View and Budget Breakout
Microscope video of tractor soot. Video courtesy of Chere Petty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; NSF grant DBI-0722569. 10393 Soot and Sulfate Still Images and Video of Tractor Soot Particle
Microscope image of volcanic ash. 10392 Volcanic Ash Still Image
Microscope video of potassium particles. 10391 Potassium Aerosols
Microscope video of sea salt. 10390 Sea Salt Aerosols
Forest fires (biomass burning) emit black soot carbon aerosol clouds. Sun rays are absorbed by these dark clouds. Some sun rays are reflected and some still travel through the cloud to the ground. 10389 Aerosols Absorb; Aerosols Reflect
This animation juxtaposes ocean clouds and city clouds. Both zoom to the particle-detail level to show the difference in aerosol particle number and back out to show that clouds over oceans are taller and darker than those over cities. 10388 Human Induced versus Naturally Occurring Aerosols
This animation shows how a cloud is formed on the particle-level. Water droplets and black soot carbon aerosols mix in the air. Water droplets cling to aerosol particles, creating a larger water droplet. The droplet becomes very large and 'pops' into smaller water droplets, each with an aerosol particle inside, thus creating a cloud. 10387 Aerosols Impact Cloud Formation
This animation shows the different sources of aerosols, how they mix in the Earth's atmosphere, and finally disappear by creating sediment or raining out. 10386 Sources of Aerosols
A three-minute video giving a quick overview of Goddard Space Flight Center, 'Putting ideas into space..... bringing knowledge home.' 10385 Welcome To NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM) on the Glory satellite. 10384 Glory's Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM)
Flyover of the APS, TIM, and Cloud Camera instruments on the Glory satellite. 10383 Glory Instrument Flyover
Glory satellite solar array deployment. 10382 Glory Solar Array Deployment
Beauty pass of the Glory satellite with Earth in background. 10380 Two Glory Beauty Passes
Launch and deploy of Glory satellite. 10379 Glory Launch Sequence
Rich Vondrak is the Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Vondrak give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. 10378 LRO Interview: Rich Vondrak, Project Scientist
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first step to future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. But a lot has to happen before we get there and one woman on the LRO team played a key role in 'putting it together.' 10376 LRO's Team Spirit with Joanne Baker
Opening for 'The Road to Glory' podcast. Lists major partners in the Glory mission. 10375 Glory Podcast Opener
Animated with dissolves between frames 10374 Spitzer Exoplanet Observation of HD 80606b
Beauty pass of the NOAA-N Prime satellite. 10373 NOAA-N Prime Beauty Shot Animation
Animation showing the orbit paths for both the GOES and POES spacecraft. 10372 NOAA-N Prime and GOES-O in Orbit Animation
Are We Waking Sleeping Giants?<p>Dr. Waleed Abdalait's lecture on Climate Change and Polar Ice.<p><p><p><p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010371/script_799_01.html'>here</a>. 10371 Climate Change and Polar Ice
As the star explodes, the narrow beam (white) of gamma rays is emitted first, followed by the wider beam (purple). 10369 Naked-Eye Gamma-ray Burst Model for GRB 080319B
On September 13, 2008, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center opened its gates to the public for Launchfest, a free open house celebrating a large number of upcoming launches.<p><p>(no transcript, audio is music-only) 10367 Launchfest: On the Goddard Mall
Animation of X-ray halo from the flaring neutron star SGR J1550-5418 without overlays. 10366 Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater Light Echoes Captured by Swift Satellite
SLIC: The Unsung Hero of Servicing Mission 4 is a web feature about NASA's first all-composite carrier to fly on the shuttle. The Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier (SLIC) will carry the new Wide Field Camera 3 and replacement batteries for the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10365 SLIC: The Unsung Hero of Servicing Mission 4
Brief overview of NOAA-N Prime mission.<p><p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010364/NOAA_N_Prime_Mission_Overview_script.htm'>here</a>. 10364 NOAA-N Prime Mission Overview
Mike Mumma and his team of researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center have made the first definitive observations of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. The evidence of methane plumes only during certain seasons and the chemical processes that could lead to its possible sources both raise intriguing questions for future study.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010363/Transcript_of_methane_short.htm'>here</a>. 10363 The Mystery of Martian Methane
In this animation, energy produced by radioactive minerals remove hydrogen from water molecules, which are then consumed by the microbes along with carbon dioxide. The microbes then emit methane as a byproduct. 10362 Radiolytic Production of Methane by Microbial Life
The pulsar's radio beams (green) never intersect Earth, but its pulsed gamma rays (magenta) do. 10361 Pulsars Emit Gamma-rays from Equator
Conceptual animation demonstrating the process of spectroscopy. The first animation demonstrates the general concept of visible-light spectroscopy by which white light is separated into its component wavelengths (colors) using a prism. The second animation demonstrates how this idea is applied to the discovery of methane in Mars' atmosphere. Because it absorbs specific wavelengths of electromagnetic energy, methane has a 'fingerprint' that can be seen as missing lines on the resulting spectograph. 10360 Mars Methane Spectroscopy
Conceptual animation depicting how biological organisms (shown as oval-shaped translucent structures) living beneath the surface of Mars may have produced methane (shown as blue spheres). 10359 Biological Creation of Methane
Conceptual animation depicting how geochemical processes during the course of Mars' history may have produced the methane plumes now seen in Mars' atmosphere. Here, through a process called serpentinization, methane is generated as part of a reaction involving the conversion of liquid water (seen seeping into the planet's crust), iron oxide, and carbon dioxide energized by the planet's internal heat into serpentine minerals. 10358 Geochemical Creation of Methane
End of the year 2008 mission update on the GLAST/Fermi spacecraft.<p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010357/GLASTcast_6_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10357 GLASTcast Episode 6: 2008 Mission Update
NASA's THEMIS mission has overturned a longstanding belief about the interaction between solar particles and Earth's protective magnetic field. This new discovery could help scientists predict when the solar storms that can disrupt power grids, satellites and even GPS signals, could be especially severe.<p>For more information: www.nasa.gov/themis<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010356/THEMIS_script_12-11.htm'>here</a>. 10356 THEMIS Discovers Biggest Breach of Earth's Magnetosphere
Reconnection animation 10355 THEMIS discovers biggest breach of Earth's solar storm shield
CNOFS space craft beauty pass 10354 CNOFS beauty pass
Arctic sea ice declined this summer to its second smallest extent in the satellite era, suggesting that the record set in 2007 may not have been an anomaly. If recent trends in the melt rate continue, we could see a virtually ice-free Arctic each summer much sooner than previously thought.<p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010353/SeaIce2008_transcript.htm'>here</a>.<p> 10353 Sea Ice 2008
Launch and Deployment animation. 10351 Launch and Deployment of IBEX
<b>Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph </b>(STIS), the most versatile spectrograph ever to fly on Hubble, ceased operations in August 2004 due to the failure of its power supply. In order to restore STIS to operational status, astronauts will perform a never-before-attempted on-orbit replacement of an electronics board inside STIS's main electronics box. On Earth this operation is relatively simple, but in space many challenges confront the astronauts as they work to replace the failed board including working to remove 111 tiny, non-captive screws with astronaut gloves. <p> <b>The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph </b> (COS) that will be added during Servicing Mission 4, and STIS are highly complementary and are very complimentary to each other providing scientists with a full set of spectroscopic tools for astrophysical research. The STIS instrument's accomplishments include determining the atmospheric composition of an exoplanet as well as spectra and images at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths of the Universe from our solar system out to cosmological distances. </p><p><p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010350/script_725_01.html'>here</a>. 10350 STIS Repair: The Quest for Renewed Exploration
This short video feature describes how LRO's instruments are used collectively to scout for safe landing sites. The crater depicted in this animation is ficticious and only intended for illustrative purposes.<p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010349/LRO_Safe_Landings_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10349 LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites (Narrated)
A web feature about NASA's plan to repair the Advanced Camera for Surveys during Hubble Servicing Mission 4.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010348/script_739_00.html'>here</a>. 10348 ACS Repair: The Challenge to Fix Hubble's Best Survey Camera
Orthographic Map<p><p>Astronomers wrapped the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's first all-sky map over a sphere to produce this view of the gamma-ray universe. The globe in this animation rotates showing the galactic plane and the north galactic pole, then tilts up to show the south galactic pole region. 10347 GLAST First Light All Sky Map
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 is the last time humans will visit Hubble. NASA's scientists, engineers and astronauts are working together to make Hubble better than it has been before. See what NASA has planned for this last mission to Hubble; from new science instruments, to two challenging and never-done-before instrument repairs, and numerous upgrades.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010346/script_719_01.html'>here</a>. 10346 The Last Mission to Hubble
GLASTcast Episode 6: Mission Update<p><p><p>End of the year 2008 mission update on the GLAST/Fermi spacecraft.<p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010345/GLASTcast_6_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10345 GLASTcast in HD for Apple TV and iTunes
In October 2008, Goddard hosted The Discovery Channel's 'Young Scientist Challenge.' The challenge brought ten middle school student finalists from across the country to vie for the title of 'America's Top Young Scientist' and a chance to win a U.S. Savings Bond. Five teacher finalists contended for recognition as 'America's Top Science Teacher.' NASA scientists and educators helped design the activities, which both tested the communication skills of the students and celebrated 50 years of NASA space science.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010343/dysc_transcript1.htm'>here</a>. 10343 Up to the Challenge
Ionosphere changes animation 10342 Ionosphere and CINDI
Animation of the A-train including the Glory satellite. 10340 Cross Calibration of the Afternoon Constellation's Instruments
Short video about the connection between NASA research and Icelandic puffins. 10339 The Puffin-Satellite Connection
From October 25, 2003, to November 7, 2003, the sun sent a series of solar storms that lit up the sky with ghoulish auroras. 10338 Looking Back at 2003s Spooky Halloween Solar Storms
This extended conceptual animation shows the LRO launch, deployment, and mission. LRO will travel with a secondary payload called Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). The second half of the animation focuses on the LCROSS mission. 10334 LRO/LCROSS Launch, Deploy, and Mission Animation
Solar particle animation 10332 Solar Neutral Particles
This animation shows an astronauts gloved hand reaching out and touching the aft shroud area of the Hubble Space Telescope as if to say, 10327 Astronaut Touches Hubble Animation
Meet the major U.S. players behind the GLAST mission. <p> <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010325/GLASTcast_Episode5.htm'>here</a>. 10325 GLASTcast Episode 5: Meet the U.S. Team
The hopes and anticipations of the GLAST team as they prepare for launch. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010324/GLASTcast_Episode4_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10324 GLASTcast Episode 4: Launching a Spacecraft
NASA's Swift and GLAST satellites will work together to better understand the high energy universe. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010300/a010323/GLASTcast_Episode3.htm'>here</a>. 10323 GLASTCast Episode 3 - Swift and GLAST
Selected soundbites with Steve Ritz, GLAST Project Scientist (NASA/GSFC) 10322 GLAST Soundbites
A step by step walkthrough of the Boomerang mission from launch to return of the sample capsule 10312 LEX / Boomerang Mission
Close in as a Neutron Star emits a Gamma Ray Burst. 10300 Neutron Stars - A Closer Perspective:
HST Looks at the Moon 10294 HST - A Look At The Moon
GPM crossing the globe as it passes out of darkness 10293 Global Precpitation Monitoring (GPM) Spacecraft
Goes in geostationary orbit over the Earth 10292 GOES-M
A single Constellation X spacecraft joins the other three in search of black holes. 10291 Constellation X Spacecraft
Wall*E learns about proportions!<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010288/Transcript_for_WALL.htm'>here</a>. 10288 Wall*E Learns About Proportions
Electromagnetic Spectrum 10282 Electromagnetic Spectrum
This animation follows LRO as it moves along its orbit high above the lunar surface. 10281 LRO Tracking (version 2)
Here we follow LRO as it moves along it's orbit high above the lunar surface. 10280 LRO Tracking (version 1)
A 720 degree spin of LRO with labels on the 6 major instruments and Mini-RF technology demonstration. 10279 LRO Spin (instruments labeled)
This is the opening title sequence for LRO videos. 10278 LRO Title Sequence
This animated sequence takes a view from inside a large crater as LRO passes overhead. 10277 LRO Moonview
We get a view from inside the Lambert crater (using a topological DEM model) as LRO passes overhead. 10276 LRO Lambert Crater
This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater. 10275 LRO Follow Over Crater (version 2)
This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater. 10274 LRO Follow Over Crater (version 1)
The LRO spacecraft traverses from darkness into daylight. 10273 LRO Distant
This animation is a close-up view highlighting spacecraft instrumentation - pulling away to reveal LRO's track over the moon. 10272 LRO Over Moon
This animation shows the components that will be removed, installed and added to the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4. 10271 HST SM4 - Change Out Animation
<b>The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph</b>, a fourth-generation instrument, designed by Dr. James Green and his University of Colorado colleagues for the cosmic web study in the 90's, will replace the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR.)<p><p>Once installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during the upcoming servicing mission this year, COS will dramatically advance physics and astrophysics research on the origin of the Universe, astronomical objects, evolution of galaxies, and planetary system formations. In addition, the spectroscope will significantly enhance the spectroscopic capabilities of the telescope at ultraviolet wavelengths, provide scientists with unparalleled opportunities for observing faint sources of ultraviolet and cosmic web light that will absorb new cosmic information and help the telescope investigate the collected data until the end of its mission, currently 2013.</p><p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010270/script_420_00.html'>here</a>. 10270 Cosmic Origins Spectrograph - Exploring Physics Across the Universe
This animation reveals Glory's APS taking polarimetric measurements along the satellite ground track within the solar reflective spectral region (0.4 to 2.4 micrometers). <p><p> 10268 Glory's Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Taking Polarimetric Measurements
THEMIS reconnection animation 10267 THEMIS Sees Magnetic Reconnection
When placed on the Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3 will provide unprecedented capabilities for imaging the cosmos at near-ultraviolet and at near-infrared wavelengths. The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard -- the planets and other bodies of our Solar System. WFC3 extends Hubble's capability not only by seeing deeper into the universe but also by seeing simultaneously into the infrared and ultraviolet. WFC3 can, for example, simultaneously observe young, hot stars (glowing predominantly in the ultraviolet) and older, cooler stars (glowing predominantly in the infrared) in the same galaxy. 10266 Wide Field Camera 3: Extending Hubble's Vision, Packed with Power
LRO from the Earth to the Moon 10265 LRO from Earth
This view shows the planet and ring structure from 30 degrees above the planet's orbital plane. 10263 Resonant Dust Ring Sculpted by a Super-Earth
<b>Promo</b><br><br>The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will be NASA's new eye on the sun. This short promo introduces SDO's comically animated alter-ego, 'Little SDO'. 10261 Hello, SDO
This video explains the way IBEX will create a global map of the boundaries of our solar system. The two Voyager spacecraft launched in the 1970s gave data for two points on the map, but by using energetic neutral atoms, IBEX images the entire global structure of these interstellar boundaries .<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010260/IBEX_GlobalImager_Transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10260 IBEX: Exploring The Edge Of Our Solar System
This is an excerpt of the STS-125 Preflight Science Briefing recorded at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on September 15, 2008.<p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010259/script_742_00.html'>here</a>. 10259 Vision. Hope. Triumph.
The Deputy Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) program, Cathy Peddie, expresses her personal and professional thoughts on the upcoming LRO mission.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10257 Return with LRO
LRO, coming soon to a moon near you.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10254 LRO - The Next Step
This video shows a quick tour and overview of the facilities where the GOES-O satellite was built and tested prior to launch. GOES-O was integrated by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in El Segundo, CA and then transported to the testing facility in Titusville, FL. After completion of the test program, performed at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, the spacecraft will be launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href= 10252 GOES-O Ready to Launch!
Celebrating the launch and science of NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope. 10251 GLAST Prelude, for Brass Quintet, Op.12
<b>LRO/LCROSS Stacked and Ready for Encapsulation (still)</b><p><p><p>This photo shows the LRO and LCROSS spacecrafts mated together and sitting outside of the rocket fairing ready to be encapsulated for their trip to space. (credit: KSC) 10249 LRO L-14 Press Conference Supporting Videos
Episode 2: What are Gamma Rays? <p>A brief overview of gamma ray science. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010248/GLASTcast2_transcript.htm'>here</a>. 10248 GLASTcast Episode 2: What are Gamma Rays?
Episode 1: What is GLAST? <p> A brief overview of the GLAST satellite mission. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010247/GLASTcast_Episode1_transcript.html'>here</a>. 10247 GLASTcast Episode 1: What is GLAST?
Atlantis and the STS-125 crew lifted off on a mission on May 11, to upgrade the world's most famous telescope. 10246 STS-125 Launch for Hubble Servicing Mission 4
Gamma Ray Burst 10245 Gamma Ray Burst
Astronauts travel to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to prepare for Servicing Mission 4 to the Hubble Space Telescope. HST Servicing Mission Commander Scott Altman describes coming to Goddard and working with the flight hardware. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010243/script_401_00.html'>here</a>. 10243 HST SM4 Crew Training at NASA Goddard
In planning for Servicing Mission 4 to Hubble, crew members divide their time between NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, working underwater on a Hubble mock-up to simulate the effects of weightlessness, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, where they practice scheduled mission tasks on a Hubble mock-up inside a large clean room facility. Many Goddard engineers are trained divers. These engineers work along side the astronauts while in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab to aid in their training. This underwater experience helps HST engineers understand what the astronauts need as they work together to refine tools and procedures to service Hubble.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010242/script_410_00.html'>here</a>. 10242 Goddard Space Flight Center Divers
The Hubble would not be able to do what it does without the help of a small group of dedicated engineers and technicians at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. During HST Servicing Missions the Space Telescope Operations Control Room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center becomes a very busy place.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010241/script_400_00.html'>here</a>. 10241 HST Operations at GSFC - STOCC2
A team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope. Engineers describe working with the astronaut crew and developing tools to meet specific challenges as well as inventing new tools that will help NASA astronauts well into the future. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010240/script_412_02.html'>here</a>. 10240 CATS: Crew Aids and Tools
To prepare for Servicing Mission 4, Hubble components must endure harsh tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This feature explores test facilities at Goddard like: launch phase simulator centrifuge, the acoustic test chamber, electromagnetic interference testing, vibration tables, static load test facility, and the space environment simulator.<p><p><p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010239/script_399_00.html'>here</a>. 10239 Enter NASA's Spacecraft Chamber of Horrors
An update on instrument, tool and carrier preparations for STS-125: HST Servicing Mission 4 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Update as of January 2, 2008. <p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010238/script_398_02.html'>here</a>. 10238 HST SM4 Countdown Status 1
Rotating Super Lightweight Instrument Carrier (Frame sequence contains alpha channel) 10228 HST SM4 Super Lightweight Instrument Carrier (SLIC)
Rotating Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment Carrier (Frame sequence contains alpha channel) 10227 HST SM4 Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment Carrier (MULE)
Rotating Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier (Frame sequence contains alpha channel) 10226 HST SM4 Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier - ORUC
Advanced Camera for Surveys power flow before and after Servicing Mission 4. 10225 HST Advance Camera For Surveys Power Flow
Advanced Camera for Surveys Repair Scenario 10224 HST Advance Camera For Surveys Repair Scenario
Zoom out to the edge of the universe revealing the large-scale structure of the universe also called the 10223 Cosmic Origins Spectrograph: Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Potential Wide Field Camera 3 observations at various redshifts correlated to the object's distance from Earth. <p> 10222 Wide Field Camera 3: Redshift
Wide Field Camera 3 potential observations at different wavelengths. (This animation displays labels for the wavelengths) 10221 Wide Field Camera 3: Seeing in Different Wavelengths (with labels)
Wide Field Camera 3 potential observations at different wavelengths. (This animation does not include wavelength labels) 10220 Wide Field Camera 3: Seeing in Different Wavelengths (no labels)
Total Solar Eclipse 10219 Total Solar Eclipse
August 01, 2008, Total Solar Eclipse path. 10218 August 1, 2008 Total Solar Eclipse Umbral and Pemumbral Paths
The Hubble Space in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. 10217 HST Zoom-Way-Out
The Hubble Space in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. 10216 HST Fly-By
HST moves from left to right. (Frame sequence includes alpha channel) 10215 HST Video Wipe
The Hubble Space in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. 10214 Slow Look at HST 2
The Hubble Space in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. 10213 Slow Look at HST 1
The Hubble Space in orbit in its post-servicing mission 3B configuration. 10212 HST Out and Around
An animation of space shuttle Atlantis in orbit as it comes out of the Sun's glare. The camera passes over the shuttle's main engines to view Hubble in the cargo bay.<p> 10211 Shuttle Atlantis with HST From Out of the Sun
A tour of Atlantis's cargo bay as configured for Hubble Servicing Mission 4. The tour starts at the airlock, moves to the Super Lightweight Instrument Carrier, then to the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, the Flight Support System and finally to the Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment Carrier. 10210 Servicing Mission 4: Atlantis Cargo Bay Carrier Fly-Over
This video profiles Jess Lewis, designer of SAM's Solid Sample Inlet Tube (SSIT). The SSIT is essentially a high-tech funnel that helps direct the Mars soil into the SAM suite for analysis. 10206 Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
This animation shows gamma-rays from a pulsar 10205 Gamma Rays in Pulsars
As you can see from this short video, the logistics of setting foot on the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf turned out to be a real challenge and the first trip had both its ups and its downs. Nonetheless, Bindschadler welcomes the challenge and has high hopes for what his continued research on Pine Island might uncover. <p> For a complete transcript of this video, please click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010200/a010202/PIG-firstContactTranscript.html'>here</a> 10202 PIG Ice Shelf: First Contact
<b>Instrument Integration Montage</b><p><p><p>This sequence combines all of the video above along with music to show a montage of LRO's instrument integrations.<p><p> 10201 LRO Instrument Integrations
AGN animation 10200 Gamma Rays in Active Galactic Nuclei
On March 31, 2008, the Solar Dynamics Observatory's Solar Arrays and High Gain Antenna were deployed successfully during their first planned test. <p>For complete transcription of this video, please click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010100/a010199/closed_captioning.html'>here</a>. 10199 SDO Solar Array and High Gain Antenna Test Deploy
Journey to the Heliosphere 10193 Journey to the Heliopause II
<p>For complete transcript, click <a href='/vis/a010000/a010100/a010190/script.html'>here</a>. 10190 SDO: Command Accepted!
<b>HIGH GAIN ANTENNA / SOLAR ARRAY TEST DEPLOY (Narrated)</b><p><br />This is a narrated version of the previous 10189 Stepping Stones to SDO
This short video gives an overview of NASA's SDO spacecraft mission to observe the Sun and improve predictions of solar weather. 10188 NASA's SDO Mission
Discover Earth, Discover Space, Discover Excellence... Discovery in Maryland. Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. 10187 GSFC Day: From Greenbelt to Galaxies
Solar cycle 10185 Solar Cycle (High Definition)
This edited movie combines four different years of Landsat imagery to show how the city of Las Vegas grew between the years 1972 and 2006. 10184 Urban Growth in Las Vegas
IBEX Beauty pass one 10180 Interstellar Boundry Explorer (IBEX)
Voyager II animation 10179 Voyager II
JWST animation 10178 JWST
Comet Encke 10177 Comet Encke dataset from STEREO
Comet Encke and Solar magnetic Fields 10175 Comet Encke tail stripped away by a CME
This edited music video shows the launch and deploy of GLAST, and the spacecraft in orbit. It ends with the website for GLAST: www.nasa.gov/glast 10172 GLAST Promo Video
This footage shows the LAT instrument arriving on September 18, 2006. 10169 GLAST LAT Integration - B-Roll
This animation begins with a Delta rocket launch. Once the vehicle reaches orbit, the satellite deploys into its final configuration. 10168 GLAST Launch and Deployment
This animation shows a gamma ray (purple) entering a corner tower of the Tracker. After the electron (red) and positron (blue) cascade down the tower, their incoming paths (red/blue) combine to show the original path (purple) of the incoming gamma ray that created them. 10167 GLAST's LAT Instrument
This beauty shot shows an over-the-shoulder view of the spacecraft. 10166 GLAST's New Window on the Universe
This footage shows the LAT instrument in the cleanroom at the NRL. 10165 GLAST LAT Testing - B-Roll
This beauty shot provides a 360-degree view of the spacecraft without a simulated gamma ray sky. 10164 360 Degrees of GLAST
This beauty shot begins with the earth in full view and pans to reveal the spacecraft in orbit. 10163 The GLAST Spacecraft in Orbit
This animation shows SDO coming out of the darkness. 10162 The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Comet Encke being hit by CME 10161 Comet Encke hit by CME
This is a conceptual animation showing how polar ice reflects light from the sun. As this ice begins to melt, less sunlight gets reflected into space. It is instead absorbed into the oceans and land, raising the overall temperature, and fueling further melting. 10160 Global Ice Albedo ALTERNATE
Comet Encke visualization from STEREO with a Black/Grey background. 10159 Comet Encke collides with a CME
This animation illustrates the effects of increased greenhouse gasses on the atmosphere. 10156 Greenhouse Gases Effect on Global Warming
This animation shows a high-energy photon (blue coil) colliding with a free electron (red ball), which causes the release of a gamma-ray (purple flash). 10155 Gamma Ray Creation
This animation illustrates how dust particles with ice crystals form mesospheric clouds. 10154 AIM's Cosmic Dust Experiment and Cloud Formation
Greenland Accerating Ice Sheet animation. 10153 Accelerating Ice Sheet
This animation illustrates a cutaway of the high altitude accumulation zones and low altitude melt zones. 10152 Greenland Ice Mass Balance
Beauty Shot 2 10148 AIM Spacecraft Deployment
This animation shows a Cepheid variable star varying in brightness in the arm of a spiral galaxy. 10145 Cepheid Variable in Spiral Galaxy
This animation zooms into a black hole and its accretion disk to show a millisecond pulsar in close-up. 10144 Millisecond Pulsar with Magnetic Field Structure
This animation shows a wide shot of a millisecond pulsar. 10143 Millisecond Pulsar with Gravitational Waves
This animation shows two black holes orbiting each other, producing gravity waves. 10142 Gravitational Waves from Black Holes
This animation zooms into a black hole and accretion disk showing how the spinning black hole drags spacetime around with it. 10141 Matter Rides a Wave Around a Black Hole
A closer look at the center of a spiral galaxy reveals a pair of black holes locked in a death spiral. When they merge, a massive amount of energy is released in the form of jets. 10140 Merging Black Holes
This animation provides a cutaway of a black hole's accretion disk, allowing the viewer to see inside. 10139 Black Hole Accretion Disk
This is a computer-generated flight through more than 10,000 real galaxies. 10138 'Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time' (IMAX Short Film)
This animation shows a string of other potential universes. When two touch together, they cause a spark, possibly creating another universe. 10137 Brane Theory of Multiple Dimensions
This visualization presents a 3-D view of the largest structures in the universe. It begins with data from the Sloan Sky Survey and zooms out to reveal data from WMAP. 10136 SLOAN Digital Sky Survey
This animation flies through a series of galaxy clusters. 10135 Dark Energy Expands the Universe
This animation takes us past a red giant, through a spiral galaxy and flies over a massive black hole. 10134 Journey Through the Universe
This animation zooms into a standard helium atom, showing its protons (green), its neutrons (white), and its electrons (blue). 10133 The Helium Atom
In this animation, quantum particles pop into and out of existence in varying spaces and at varying times. 10132 Quantum Particles
This still image shows the timeline running from the Big Bang on the right, towards the present on the left. In the middle is the Reionization Period, when the initial bubbles caused the Cosmic Dawn. 10131 The Cosmic Dawn (Still Image w/o Titles)
This still image shows the timeline running from the Big Bang on the right, towards the present on the left. In the middle is the Reionization Period where the initial bubbles caused the cosmic dawn. 10130 The Cosmic Dawn (Still Image with Titles)
This animation shows in a cube what the early universe was like - very dense until bubbles formed creating pockets that gave birth to the first stars and galaxies. 10129 The Dark Ages
This animation begins with a pinpoint of light as the Big Bang, and continues to show the formation of the first stars and galaxies. 10128 The Big Bang
As the camera zooms out from one of the LISA spacecraft, the gravitational waves passing through become visible. 10127 LISA Detects Gravitational Waves
This animation shows the perspective of one of the LISA spacecraft. 10126 LISA's Laser Beams
LISA's three spacecraft are separated from each other by 5 million kilometers. 10125 The LISA Spacecraft
This animation shows the JWST spacecraft orbiting far from the Earth. 10124 James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
This animation begins with a zoom into the WMAP data. We then see the formation of the first stars and galaxies. The images zooms out to reveal the relative locations of the WMAP data and from where the satellite is observing. 10123 WMAP's Portrait of the Early Universe
This animation shows the WMAP spacecraft spinning, then reveals the data that it collected. 10122 WMAP Hard at Work
WMAP spins like a top to capture light from every part of the sky. 10121 The WMAP Spacecraft
This visualization compares the relative fields of view for three of Hubble's Deep Field instruments: ACS, WFC3, and NICMOS. 10120 Comparison of Hubble's Instruments
This animation allows us to take a look over Hubble's shoulder as the Moon rises above Earth. 10119 Hubble Shoots the Moon
This animation flies through the cosmic web of the early universe. At the end, we see the Hubble Space Telescope collecting data points. 10118 Journey Through the Cosmic Web
This is an animation of the Hubble spacecraft flying 360 miles above the earth. 10117 The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
This animation illustrates the science objectives of the SOFIE instrument studied by the Aeromony of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft. 10115 AIM SOFIE and Cloud Composition
How do the STEREO spacecraft make 3D images? 10113 What is 3D?
Left Camera 10112 STEREO Fly-by
3-D Anaglyph 10111 Tour of the Magnetsphere in 3D
This animation illustrates the dynamics of the network of subglacial lakes far beneath the ice streams of Antarctica. 10108 Antarctic Sub-glacial Lakes
The plasma encountering the Earth's atmosphere, causing auroras. 10104 Substorms
Themis launching aboard Delta II 10103 THEMIS Launch and Deployment
A bright solar flare... 10070 Cannibal CME
The Bermuda High pressure system sits over the Atlantic during summer. This visualization first shows a typical Bermuda High system. Then, it expands the Bermuda High to show what happened in the summer of 2004 and 2005. 10069 Bermuda High
10064 STEREO Watches the Active Sun
Stereo Beauty Pass 10062 STEREO Spacecraft Beauty-Pass
This animation illustrates the Aerosonde, and unmanned aircraft system, flying into a hurricane. 10055 Unmaned Aerosonde Braves Hurricane Winds
CME passing Voyager 10044 Voyager Meets a Coronal Mass Ejection
10037 Coronal Mass Ejections Reach the Heliopause
This is the standard definition version MPEG of the Ice Albedo(clean ice case) Animation. 10022 Ice Albedo: Bright White Reflects Light
This is the high definition version of the Ice Albedo-Global animation MPEG. 10021 Ice Albedo - Global View

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