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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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The mineral map shows a part of southwestern Libya, in the Sahara, observed by NASA's EMIT mission.
PIA25424:
EMIT Instrument's First Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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This image cube shows the true-color view of an area in northwest Nevada observed by NASA's EMIT imaging spectrometer. The side panels depict the spectral fingerprint for each point in the image.
PIA25427:
NASA's EMIT Generates Image Cube of Surface Minerals in Northwest Nevada
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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NASA's EMIT mission recently gathered mineral spectra in northwest Nevada that match what the agency's AVIRIS instrument found in 2018, helping to confirm EMIT's accuracy.
PIA25428:
NASA's EMIT Collects Mineral Maps, Spectral Fingerprints From Nevada
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.876 MB)     JPEG (184.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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Installed on the space station in July 2022, EMIT orbits Earth about once every 90 minutes, to map the world's mineral-dust sources. This includes the Sahara, where it recently gathered data in an area of southwest Libya marked by the red box.
PIA25429:
NASA's EMIT Measures Surface Dust in North Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.643 MB)     JPEG (393.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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The image cube's front panel is a true-color view of part of southwestern Libya observed by NASA's EMIT mission. The side panels depict the spectral fingerprints for every point in the image.
PIA25430:
NASA's EMIT Mission Generates Image Cube of Surface Minerals in Southwestern Libya
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.61 MB)     JPEG (788.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-25 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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This image shows a 2-mile (3-kilometer) long plume of methane southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
PIA25592:
EMIT Spots Methane Hotspots
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.464 MB)     JPEG (204.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-25 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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The cube shows methane (purple, orange, yellow) over Turkmenistan. The rainbow colors are the spectral fingerprints from corresponding spots in the front image. The blue line shows the methane detected by EMIT; the red line is the expected fingerprint.
PIA25593:
EMIT Methane Spectral Fingerprint
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.575 MB)     JPEG (246.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-17 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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EMIT identified a cluster of 12 methane plumes within a 150-square-mile (400-square-kilometer) area of southern Uzbekistan on Sept. 1, 2022. The instrument captured the cluster within a single shot, called a scene by researchers.
PIA26113:
EMIT Identifying Methane Plumes Around the Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-11 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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NASA's EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth's dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023.
PIA26116:
NASA's EMIT Mission Produces Maps of Arid Region Surface Minerals
Full Resolution:     TIFF (21.27 MB)     JPEG (819.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-22 Earth KidSat
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This image from NASA's KidSat spans the region of Venetia from the city of Venice, Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea north to the snow-capped Alps. Venice appears in the lower left part of the image, and the Alps appear in the lower right.
PIA00546:
Venice, Italy & the Alps from the Shuttle KidSat Camera
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.83 MB)     JPEG (1.483 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-22 Earth KidSat
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This image from NASA's Kidsat electronic still camera was requested by Buist Academy for the purpose of studying the coast of Israel and the Mediterranean Sea.
PIA00547:
Gaza Strip and the Mediterranean Sea from the Shuttle KidSat Camera
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.
PIA00950:
Mosaic image of fires in Indonesia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (49.22 MB)     JPEG (1.846 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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As the Space Shuttle Atlantis flew over the Indonesian archipelago on Saturday, Sept. 27, 1997, middle school students across the country used NASA's Kidsat camera to photograph the fires and smoke that blanket the island of Sumatra.
PIA00951:
Smoke over Lake Toba, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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This map corresponds to NASA's KidSat image MET 00215424 of the northern regions of Sumatra that was captured on Sept., 1997 during the Shuttle flight STS-86.
PIA00952:
Map of northern Sumatra, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.
PIA00953:
Southern tip of Sumatra, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.
PIA00954:
Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.
PIA00955:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (17.23 MB)     JPEG (1.144 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-03 Earth KidSat
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Middle school students across the country photographed the fires and smoke over southern Sumatra from a camera aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis September 27, 1997.
PIA00956:
Kidsat image of Sumatra, Indonesia & map
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.7 MB)     JPEG (281.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM captures almost all of Quinghai, the largest lake in China. It is located in the Quinghai Province on the Quinghai Tibetan Plateau.
PIA11061:
Frozen Lake Quinghai Nanshan, Northern China
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM is of Hawke's Bay, one of the 12 local government regions of eastern North Island, New Zealand. It includes larger cities, such as Hastings and Napier.
PIA11014:
North Island, New Zealand
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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The impermanent waterways shown here from NASA's EarthKAM are part of Oued Irharrhar, which appear to be carrying sulfur (yellow) and iron (red) deposits. The city of Amguid is located on these waterways, and all lie in the Mouydir Mountains in Algeria.
PIA11015:
Algeria
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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The light corner of the image from NASA's EarthKAM is Lake Torrens, an ephemeral salt lake in South Australia. The twisted strata visible here is part of a rocky desert area in the Australian Outback.
PIA11016:
South Australia, Australia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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The Andes Mountains, part of the Southern Cordillera formed from subduction zone volcanism at the convergent boundary of the Nazca plate and the South American plate. This image is from NASA's EarthKAM.
PIA11017:
Aracar Volcano, Andes Mountains, Argentina near Chile Border
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (1.265 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM is of Sakhalin Island, located just north of Japan and east of the Khabarovski and Primorski Krai of the Russian Far East. With the Kuril Islands, it forms Sakhalin Province.
PIA11018:
Sakhalin Island, Russia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (1.377 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This extraordinary image captures the meeting place of the deep waters of the Tongue of the Ocean and the much shallower, completely submerged Grand Bahama Bank. This image is from NASA's EarthKAM.
PIA11019:
Tongue of the Ocean and Grand Bahama Bank
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (1.05 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image of the Galapagos Islands captures two large shield volcanoes on Isla Isabella, the largest and least inhabited island in the Galapagos chain. This image is from NASA's EarthKAM.
PIA11020:
Isla Isabella, Galapagos Island
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-04 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM is of the northern end of the Persian Gulf and the broad delta complex of the Tigris, Euphrates, Shatt al Arab, and Karun rivers has captured the arid-looking wetlands of northeast Kuwait (Bubiyan Island).
PIA11021:
The Persian Gulf and the Delta of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (1.299 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM shows Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The superb natural harbor at Lisbon is a commercially important European port handling much of the import-export traffic for Portugal and Spain.
PIA11062:
Contrails over Lisbon, Portugal
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This is an image of the southern portion of the Baja California Peninsula taken by NASA's EarthKAM on February 12, 2000. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west and the Gulf of California to the east.
PIA11063:
Southern Tip of Baja California, Mexico
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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The distinctive curve of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and the greater Boston urban area are very clear of the northeastern coast of the United States in this image from NASA's EarthKAM.
PIA11064:
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (1.008 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image captures the beauty of a major alluvial fan in Tsinghai, a province located in Northwestern China. This archival image was taken from NASA's Space Shuttle in 1997 as part of its ISS EarthKAM mission.
PIA11067:
Alluvial fan in China
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This is an image from NASA's EarthKAM of the Rio Gurupi in the Brazilian state of Maranhao and its delta. It is the only open sea delta in the Americas and has more than 70 islands of various sizes.
PIA11065:
Delta of the Gurupi, Maracacume, and Tiriacu Rivers, Brazil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This highly oblique image shot over northwestern part of the African continent captures the curvature of the Earth and shows its atmosphere as seen by NASA's EarthKAM. You can see clouds and even the occasional thunderhead.
PIA11066:
Oblique Shot of Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM captures the tropical beauty of the major islands of the Little Bahama Bank, the most northerly of the island groups that comprise the Bahamas.
PIA11068:
Atlantic (maybe Caribbean Sea) Ocean and Islands
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (475.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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This image from NASA's EarthKAM shows pivot irrigation near the city of As Sulayyil (Sulayel), Saudi Arabia. The edge of the Rub' al-Khali or Empty Quarter is visible in the southeast.
PIA11069:
Sand Dunes and Center-Pivot Irrigation in Saudi Arabia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-05 Earth ISS EarthKam
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Parts of the vast Ganges delta, in fact the world's largest, lie in both Bangladesh and the State of West Bengal, India as seen by NASA's EarthKAM.
PIA11070:
Ganges River Delta
Full Resolution:     TIFF (18.69 MB)     JPEG (852 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Work began on March 11, 2010 to replace a set of elevation bearings on the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif.
PIA13561:
Replacing the Elevation Bearings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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The giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex replaced four elevation bearings as part of a major refurbishment.
PIA13562:
Old Elevation Bearings
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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A major refurbishment of the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California's Mojave Desert required workers to jack up millions of pounds of delicate scientific equipment.
PIA13563:
A Heavy-Duty Jack for a Giant Task
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This image, taken on March 22, 2010, shows the condition of grout that was replaced in the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone, Calif. complex.
PIA13564:
Out with the Old Grout
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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On May 3, 2010, workers at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex removed one of the large steel pads that help the giant 'Mars antenna' rotate sideways.
PIA13429:
Removing Pads from Antenna
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Workers at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex check on a set of jacks used to raise the upper part of the giant 'Mars antenna.'
PIA13430:
Checking on the Jacks
Full Resolution:     TIFF (24 MB)     JPEG (621.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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A worker at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex radios to his colleagues that 12 jacks are ready to lift the upper section of the giant 'Mars antenna.'
PIA13557:
Jacking up the Antenna
Full Resolution:     TIFF (23.97 MB)     JPEG (701.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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As part of a major refurbishment for the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, a stringer box is lowered into place.
PIA13558:
Stringer Box Going In
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Workers at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex prepare a support leg that would help raise a portion of the giant 'Mars antenna.'
PIA13559:
Prepping a Support Leg
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Workers at NASA's Deep Space Network's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex put into place a set of support legs to help hold up a portion of the giant 'Mars antenna' on May 4, 2010.
PIA13560:
Mars Antenna Gets Legs
Full Resolution:     TIFF (30.14 MB)     JPEG (834.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-06 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Night shot of the 70m antenna at Goldstone, California. The parabolic dish is 70m (230 ft.) in diameter. The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, located in the Mojave Desert in California, is one of three complexes which comprise NASA's DSN.
PIA10953:
70m Antenna at Goldstone, California
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.859 MB)     JPEG (120 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-15 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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As the sun sets on July 8, 2010, workers prepare to pour new epoxy grout for the hydrostatic bearing assembly of the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network communications site in Goldstone, Calif.
PIA13270:
Mars Antenna Ready for Surgery
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.94 MB)     JPEG (965.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-15 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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An engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., checks the evenness of sole plates installed on the giant 'Mars antenna' at NASA's Deep Space Network communications site in Goldstone, Calif.
PIA13271:
Checking for Even Surfaces
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.94 MB)     JPEG (946.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-15 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Workers at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., pour in a new epoxy grout as the giant 'Mars antenna' undergoes major surgery. The grout is part of the hydrostatic bearing assembly, which enables the antenna to rotate horizontally.
PIA13272:
Pouring the New Grout
Full Resolution:     TIFF (29.94 MB)     JPEG (886.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-25 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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The giant, 70-meter-wide antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., tracks a spacecraft on Nov. 17, 2009. This antenna, officially known as Deep Space Station 14, is also nicknamed the 'Mars antenna.'
PIA13277:
Tracks of a Giant
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-25 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Workers in Goldstone, Calif., guide a new runner segment into the hydrostatic bearing assembly of a giant, 70-meter-wide (230-foot-wide) antenna that is a critical part of NASA's Deep Space Network.
PIA13320:
New Joints for a Workhorse Antenna
Full Resolution:     TIFF (36 MB)     JPEG (1.129 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-25 Earth Goldstone Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Under the unflinching summer sun, workers at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., use a crane to lift a runner segment that is part of major surgery on a giant, 70-meter-wide antenna.
PIA13321:
Lifting the Runners
Full Resolution:     TIFF (36 MB)     JPEG (1.32 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-28 Earth COWVR
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From aboard the International Space Station, NASA-built instruments COWVR and TEMPEST captured wind and water vapor data from Hurricane Ian as the storm neared Cuba.
PIA25425:
COWVR and TEMPEST Image Hurricane Ian
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-23 Earth COWVR
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Data from the COWVR and TEMPEST instruments aboard the ISS was used to create this image of Tropical Cyclone Mandous, which forecasters used to understand the December 2022 storm's intensity and predict its path toward southern India.
PIA25565:
COWVR, TEMPEST Track Tropical Cyclone Mandous
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-29 Earth COWVR
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A pair of weather instruments built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California captured images of Hurricane Idalia as the storm approached the Gulf Coast of Florida on Aug. 29, 2023.
PIA25569:
COWVR, TEMPEST Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Idalia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-29 Earth COWVR
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A pair of weather instruments built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California captured images of Hurricane Franklin as the Category 4 storm moved off the East Coast of the United States on Aug. 29, 2023.
PIA25870:
COWVR, TEMPEST Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Franklin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-08 Earth COWVR
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This map, made using COWVR's new observations, shows Earth's microwave emissions at a frequency that provides information on the strength of winds at the ocean surface, the amount of water in clouds, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.
PIA24985:
COWVR's New Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-01 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) project – led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California – is planned to perform a robot-controlled lunar surface experiment with imagery in the coming years.
PIA24567:
NASA Integrates Gear Motors for Robotic Arm on Future Lunar Missions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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A JPL engineer examines the 3D-printed titanium scoop of NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system. The arm is designed to function in frigid temperatures that would stymie current spacecraft.
PIA25316:
Testing NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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NASA's COLDArm combines several new technologies that allow it to operate in temperatures as cold as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 173 degrees Celsius) without the use of energy-consuming heaters required by robotic arms on current spacecraft.
PIA25317:
NASA's COLDArm at Lunar Regolith Simulant Test Bed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The 3D-printed titanium scoop of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system is poised above a test bed filled with material to simulate lunar regolith (broken rocks and dust) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25318:
Close-Up on COLDArm's Titanium 3D-Printed Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-20 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's COLDArm robotic arm system for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2023.
PIA26162:
NASA's COLDArm in Thermal Vacuum Testing
Full Resolution:     TIFF (131.8 MB)     JPEG (8.23 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-07 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat flew east of Hurricane Matthew's center on Oct. 6 at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT), intersecting parts of Matthew's outer rain bands and revealing Matthew's anvil clouds.
PIA21095:
CloudSat Takes a 3D Slice of Hurricane Matthew
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-19 Earth CloudSat
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In late July 2010, flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains began in several regions of Pakistan. This image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft reveals the bright white cloud tops from the cluster of thunderstorms.
PIA13340:
NASA's CloudSat Spots Beginning of Pakistan Floods
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-22 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over Typhoon Utor in the West Pacific on Aug. 11, 2013 at 0518 UTC, passing within about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) from the center of the storm, and revealing the structure of the storm's eye and eyewall.
PIA17413:
NASA's CloudSat Eyes Powerful Typhoon Utor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-10 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar captured a profile across Tropical Storm Andrea on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, near the South Carolina/Georgia/Florida Atlantic coast.
PIA09379:
CloudSat Profiles Tropical Storm Andrea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-07 Earth CloudSat
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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
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The image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu in the upper panel was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on June 5, 2007, at approximately 20:20 UTC.
PIA09601:
Tropical Cyclone Gonu Viewed by CloudSat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-06 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite's first image, of a warm front storm over the Norwegian Sea, was obtained on May 20, 2006.
PIA08517:
CloudSat First Image of a Warm Front Storm Over the Norwegian Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-06 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite's image of a horizontal cross-section of tropical clouds and thunderstorms over east Africa.
PIA08519:
CloudSat Image of Tropical Thunderstorms Over Africa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-06 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite's image of a horizontal cross-section of a polar night storm near Antarctica.
PIA08518:
CloudSat Image of a Polar Night Storm Near Antarctica
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-12 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite captured its first tropical storm, Alberto, as it spun over the Gulf of Mexico the morning of June 12, 2006.
PIA08538:
Tropical Storm Alberto, Seen Through New "Eyes"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-07-13 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite captured the highest, coldest clouds located near the center of Hurricane Bud on July 12, 2006.
PIA08599:
CloudSat Overflight of Hurricane Bud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-07-25 Earth CloudSat
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Hurricane Daniel intensified between July 18 and July 23rd. NASA's CloudSat satellite was able to capture and confirm this transformation in its side-view images of Hurricane Daniel.
PIA08642:
NASA's CloudSat Captures Hurricane Daniel's Transformation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-09 Earth CloudSat
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At approximately 0553 UTC (1:53 am EDT), on 2 Aug 2006, NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over the eye of Typhoon Prapiroon as it approached southern China.
PIA08651:
Typhoon Prapiroon viewed by CloudSat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-28 Earth CloudSat
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This image was taken on June 26, 2007 by NASA's CloudSat satellite. In this image an obvious storm hangs over the middle of the United States.
PIA09697:
Rain Floods Central Texas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-08 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite made a nighttime overpass of the thunderstorms responsible for the tornadic outbreak over Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi on Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
PIA10236:
CloudSat Profiles Tornadic Outbreak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-30 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat spacecraft overpassed Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012 just as Sandy was approaching the Atlantic coastline. Sandy contained estimated maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (78 knots).
PIA16201:
CloudSat's View of Hurricane Sandy Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-10-29 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat passed over Sandy at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Oct. 27, 2012. Light to moderate precipitation associated with parts of the outer bands of Hurricane Sandy were moving on shore into parts of North Carolina.
PIA16436:
NASA's CloudSat Views Hurricane Sandy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-08-29 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over then-Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 26, 2017, at 2:45 p.m. CDT (19:45 UTC) as the storm was nearly stationary over south Texas.
PIA17392:
NASA's CloudSat Sees Tropical Storm Harvey in 3D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-08 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. EDT (17:45 UTC) as the storm was approaching Puerto Rico in the Atlantic Ocean.
PIA21947:
Powerful Hurricane Irma Seen in 3D by NASA's CloudSat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-09-20 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite flew over Hurricane Maria on Sept. 17, 2017, at 1:23 p.m. EDT (17:23 UTC) as the storm had just strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.
PIA21961:
Taking a 3-D Slice of Hurricane Maria's Cloud Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-10-11 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite passed over Hurricane Michael on October 9, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. EDT (19:15 UTC) as the storm was intensifying and moving northwest toward the Florida panhandle in the Gulf of Mexico.
PIA22753:
NASA's CloudSat Passes Over Hurricane Michael
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-08-29 Earth CloudSat
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Data from NASA's CloudSat satellite, acquired on Aug., 2019, at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) was used to make this 3D animation of then-Tropical Storm Dorian. It shows cloud heights extending 9 miles (15 kilometers) into the atmosphere.
PIA23359:
NASA's CloudSat Images Dorian in 3D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-10 Earth California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CLARS)
Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES)
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This image captured by a prototype NASA satellite instrument at NASA's California Laboratory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (CLARS) shows a persistent methane hotspot (central red area) over Los Angeles basin.
PIA19727:
Urban Methane Point Sources Detected by Tiered System of Remote-sensing Observations
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-04-29 Earth C-SAR Sensor
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This satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar image-pair shows relative deformation of the Earth's surface when nn April 22-23, 2015, significant explosive eruptions occurred at Calbuco volcano, Chile.
PIA11434:
Ground Deformation from Chilean Volcanic Eruption Shown by Satellite Radar Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-02 Earth ARIA
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This deformation map from NASA's ARIA project shows surface displacements around Kathmandu, the April 25, 2015, magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
PIA19535:
NASA's ARIA Project Maps Deformation of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-12 Earth Earth Observatory
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On Sept. 16, 2015, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck near the coast of central Chile along the boundary of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates. Maps known as interferograms show how the quake moved the ground, as observed by Sentinel-1A
PIA20002:
NASA Looks at Land Surface Changes Following Chilean Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The topography of Tutuila, largest of the islands of American Samoa, is well shown in this color-coded perspective view generated with digital elevation data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography mission.
PIA11965:
American Samoa, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-01 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The topography of Savai'i and Upolu, the two large islands of the Independent State of Samoa, is well shown in this color-coded perspective view from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA11966:
Independent State of Samoa, Shaded Relief and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a perspective view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Hispianola. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on Haiti on January 12, 2010.
PIA12492:
Hispaniola
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a stereoscopic view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti where a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA12493:
Southern Haiti Anaglyph
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-14 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This image, produced from instrument data aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour, is a perspective view of the topography of Port-au-Prince, Haiti where a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on January 12, 2010.
PIA12494:
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-04 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This color-coded shaded relief view from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission of coastal Chile indicates the epicenter (red marker) of the 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010, just offshore of the Maule region in the Bahia de Chanco.
PIA12863:
Coastal Chile (Shaded Relief View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-04 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This perspective view from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission of coastal Chile indicates the epicenter (red marker) of the 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010, just offshore of the Maule region in the Bahia de Chanco.
PIA12864:
Coastal Chile (Perspective View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-05 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada Fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is shown in this perspective view with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission where a 7.2 earthquake struck on April 4, 2010.
PIA13016:
Baja Earthquake, Radar Image and Colored Height
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-05 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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The topography surrounding the Laguna Salada Fault in the Mexican state of Baja, California, is shown in this combined radar image and topographic view with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission where a 7.2 earthquake struck on April 4, 2010.
PIA13015:
Baja Earthquake Perspective View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-11 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission imaged Sendai, the capital city of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck offshore on Mar. 11. 2011.
PIA13912:
NASA Radar Image Shows Topography of Sendai, Japan Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-24 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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A site in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania reveals the difference between NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model data as originally released in 2004 (left) and as now released at full resolution in 2014 (right).
PIA18813:
Tanzania Images Highlight Improvements in Full-Resolution SRTM Africa Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-22 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
 C-Band Radar
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The colored regions of this map show the extent of digital elevation data released by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). This release includes data for most of Europe and Asia plus numerous islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
PIA03398:
SRTM Data Release for Eurasia, Index Map and Colored Height
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