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"We catch a glimpse of a huge swirl of clouds out the window over the middle of the Pacific Ocean, or the boot of Italy jutting down into the Mediterranean, or the brilliant blue coral reefs of the Caribbean strutting their beauty before the stars. And...we experienced those uniquely human qualities: awe, curiosity, wonder, joy, amazement." (Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo Astronaut ("The Home Planet")






Photographing the Earth from the International Space Station

Earth Science-Related Sites at NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration)

  1. NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
  2. Operational Significant Event Imagery (High-resolution imagery of environmental events such as fires, floods, storms, and volcanoes produced from data from NOAA satellites)
  3. Oceanic Research and Applications Division (Information on coral bleaching, sea surface-temperatures and other ocean information gathered by satellites)
  4. NOAA websites relating to coral reefs:
    1. Coral Health and Monitoring Progam
    2. Coral Reef Homepage
    3. Extent and Condition of U.S. Coral Reefs
    4. Sea Surface Temperature Coral Bleaching Hotspots
    5. NOAA's Coral Reef Information System