Galapagos Islands Flyby
This animation shows the power of computer graphics to explore data in the sense of virtual reality. In this scene, standard tools are applied to fly around the Galapagos Islands and the ocean floor surrounding the islands.
A flyby of the Galapagos Islands, both above and below the ocean surface
Video slate image reads "Finally, we show an example of the power of computer graphics to explore data in teh sense of visual reality. In this scene, we apply some standard tools to fly around the Galapagos Islands and the ocean floor surrounding the islands."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Dave Pape (NASA)
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Scientist
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Sunday, March 13, 1994.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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[Landsat-5: TM]
ID: 53 -
1-Degree DEM
ID: 410 -
ETOPO5
ID: 429
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