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Dynamic Earth Dome Prototype: Hemisphere (2007)

2007 · Short film · 1 min

Synopsis

This visualization was a prototype affiliated with the 'Dynamic Earth', a proposed Earth science planetarium show. The visualization shows the global biosphere from the SeaWiFS instrument with ice and snow overlayed.The images were rendered using a fish eye technique so that they would project properly onto a planetarium dome. Note: Hemisphere view of the global biosphere (fisheye lens render). Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC), Cindy Starr (GST). Scientist: Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC). Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: SeaStar/SeaWiFS, Aqua/AMSR-E/Daily L3 12.5km Tb, Sea Ice Concentration, and Snow Depth, SeaStar/SeaWiFS/Sea Surface Temperature, Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover.

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Running time
1 minutes
Collection
NASA

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