Great Zoom out of the Grand Canyon, AZ

  • Released Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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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 the ground to space, using data from Terra-MODIS, Landsat-ETM+, and QuickBird, and starting at the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Video slate image reads "Great Zoom out from the Grand Canyon, Arizona".

Video slate image reads "Great Zoom out from the Grand Canyon, Arizona".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Additional credit to Reto Stöckli for the Blue Marble.

This page was originally published on Tuesday, January 14, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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