Pulse of the Planet
Akin to a living creature, Earth's land, air, oceans, ice, and life fit together into a complex, interlocking system. Space affords a unique vantage point from which to observe the daily, seasonal, and annual changes in Earth's systems. Using data from advanced satellites, NASA visualizations portray a majestic, and sometimes violent, natural world and also capture the influences humans have on the planet.
Over 80 NASA-related earth science animations created over the past 8 years implementing realtime and non-realtime techniques have been used on this visual journey. Tools used included IDL, Lightwave3D, Final Cut Pro, Performer, Vis5D, and custom software.
NASA visualizations portray earth as a living planet. This animation combines many previously created visualizations and plays them in a music video format.
SeaWiFS Biosphere data symbolizing the heartbeat of our planet.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio, Landsat-7 Project, and USGS EROS Data Center.
NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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Animators
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Joycelyn Thomson (NASA/GSFC)
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
- Randall Jones (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Marte Newcombe (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- James W. Williams (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Jesse Allen (Raytheon)
- Tom Biddlecome (Raytheon)
- Michael Mangos (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Steve Maher (NASA/GSFC)
- Dave Pape (NASA)
- Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC)
- George Fekete (Raytheon)
- Liam Krauss (Hughes STX)
- Edgar Russell (NASA)
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Scientists
- Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
- Janet Chien (NASA/GSFC)
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Fritz Hasler (NASA/GSFC)
- G. Lai (NASA/GSFC)
- Ed Rodgers (NASA/GSFC)
- M. Karyampudi (NASA/GSFC)
- Kannappan Palaniappan (NASA/GSFC)
- Steve Maher (NASA/GSFC)
- Antonio Busalacchi (NASA/GSFC)
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
- Dennis Chesters (NASA/GSFC)
- Chris Kummerow (NASA/GSFC)
- Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC)
- Bob Bindschadler (NASA/GSFC)
- William Krabill (NASA/GSFC Wallops)
- Serdar Manizade (NASA/GSFC Wallops)
- Claire Parkinson (NASA/GSFC)
- David Adamec (NASA/GSFC)
- Mark Friedl (Boston University)
- John Hodges (Boston University)
- Alfredo Huete (The University of Arizona)
- Kamel Didan (The University of Arizona)
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Writers
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Jarrett Cohen (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, March 5, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.