Archive for October 17, 2011

NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth

October 17, 2011 Astrofisica, Astronomia, Ciencia, ESA, NASA, Science |


3-D perspective view of California's Mt. Whitney

NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.


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NASA Surfs the Skies Above Oahu, Hawaii

October 17, 2011 Astrofisica, Astronomia, Ciencia, ESA, NASA, Science |


This flyover of Oahu, Hawaii, was made by draping Jan. 13, 2010, image data from the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft over new ASTER Version 2 digital elevation data.


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