West River, Maryland 11:10 p.m. This is Joanne Howl, the writer for this blog. Normally I take a back seat, not speaking myself but sharing the stories that the science team brings to me each day. Today I wanted to take a moment to speak as myself. After a week layoff, the team is back […]
Reflections on 9/11
As the world reflects on the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the Earth Observatory team has been struggling with what to say and do. Like so many other media outlets, we felt compelled to say something, to show something. Our data visualization team found this: a previously unpublished […]
Slip Slidin’ Away
Post from Paul Przyborski, EO programmer… For the past few weeks, we have quietly implemented a new way of viewing images on Earth Observatory. Some of you may have noticed that there is now a “view image comparison” button on some of our Natural Hazards images, as well as on this Image of the Day. You […]
Our New Telescope is Operational
Our new telescope in New Mexico — we call it MUT, or Multi-Use Telescope. It can see the explosion flashes caused by meteoroids hitting the moon, measure dust coming off comets, see meteors in the atmosphere, and track satellites/space junk. MUT also takes nice pictures! Test image with the MUT telescope we just set up in …
Eco-3D Biographies
The Eco-3D campaign has been supported by many people, including scientists, engineers, flight crew, students, professors and others. The biographies below are limited to members of the Ec0-3D Field and Aircraft Campaign 2011. Charles Gatebe, Ph.D. Principal Investigator CAR Dr. Gatebe works at Goddard Space Flight Center as a scientist and group lead with the […]
News Roundup: Antarctic Ice Flow, Faux Climate Controversy, and More
Behold the Mesmerizing Flow of Antarctic Ice The first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica slid off Science’s presses last month and hit the media with a splash. The BBC, New York Times, Climate Central and dozens of other publications highlighted the news and linked to this striking visualization […]
Data Acquired and Lessons Learned
Maryland, 8:45 p.m. From Rafael Rincon: I’m back in Maryland, and calling in as we drive from Wallops, Virginia to Goddard in Maryland. It’s been a very long day, but rewarding. We’ve gathered a lot of data and learned more about our instruments, so we have to say this leg of the mission was exhausting […]
International Forests
Bangor, ME 10:00 p.m. From Rafael Rincon: I’m pretty busy tonight, even though it’s already late. I’m in the hotel room after a long day, and I have had to bring the computer from the P3 to the room to do some trouble shooting tonight. I’ll be working very late again, it looks like, but […]
Return to the Northern Flights
Bangor, Maine 10:00 p.m. EDT I’m Rafael Rincon, the principal investigator for DB-SAR, and I’m glad to tell you that things went very smoothly today. It was a good start to what should be a great week in the field. I flew on the P3 last week and will be working this set of […]
Why I love Geologists
Of all the Earth sciences, geology has the strongest tradition of visual communication. It’s probably because mapping is fundamental to the field, and geologists have 200 years of practice at it. As a result, they tend to create well designed imagery. Two exemplary techniques geologists use: they almost always include a scale, and they often […]