DC Pan and Zoomout Animation (2000)
2000 · Animation · 2 min
- Animation
Synopsis
This spectacular image of the Mall area was acquired on Saturday, April 1, 2000 by Space Imaging's IKONOS sensor. Here we are moving across the Mall, from west to east and we will pause over the Capitol Building. This regional view permits us to follow the entire length of the Potomac River, from its headwaters in the Shenandoahs, until it flows into the Chesapeake Bay. Finally, we rotate the Earth so as to see a representation of the Earth's stable light sources, as derived from DMSP satellites. (Note: This animation is a precursor to the Great Zooms. It is based on the same concept and data sources, but is somewhat less polished, particularly in the area of color matching.) Note: Pan across the mall in Washington, DC using 1 meter resolution IKONOS data, followed by a zoom out to space using 30 meter resolution data from Landsat 7 and 250 meter and 8 kilometer resolution Terra MODIS data. A final rotation of the Earth shows data of stable light sources from DMSP data. Animator: Michael Mangos (GST), Marte Newcombe (GST). Scientist: Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: DMSP/OLS, IKONOS, Landsat-7/ETM+, Terra/MODIS.
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- Running time
- 2 minutes
- Collection
- NASA
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- Human geography, Physical geography
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