PIA23781: NASA's OCO-2 Instrument Measures Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
A spatial map of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) below NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite as it flew over Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2018.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  OCO-2 
 Instrument:  OCO-2 
 Product Size:  979 x 1143 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23781.tif (994.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23781.jpg (98.55 kB)  

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A spatial map of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) present in columns of the atmosphere below NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite as it flew over Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2018. Warmer colors over the city center indicate higher amounts of carbon dioxide.

OCO-2 is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia, built the spacecraft and provides mission operations under JPL's leadership. The Caltech in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.

For more information on OCO-2, visit: http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/ and http://www.nasa.gov/oco.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Utah

Image Addition Date:
2020-03-06