Great Zoom into Chicago, IL: The Sears Tower
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground.
A seamless zoom from space to the ground, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and IKONOS, and ending at the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
Full globe view
Central North America view
Lake Michigan regional view
Chicago metro area view
Downtown Chicago view
The Sears Tower
Video slate image reads, "Zoom in to Chicago
-Sears Tower-
Ikonos: 10-11-2000, 09-27-2000
Landsat: 10-10-2000, 10-19-2000".
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, April 13, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.
Series
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[IKONOS]
ID: 39 -
[Landsat-7: ETM+]
ID: 55This dataset can be found at: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html
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[Terra: MODIS]
ID: 116
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