Glacier Bay, Alaska, from the Ground, Air and Space
This video contains a mix of live action video, stills, and computer animations of the Glacier Bay National Park in Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Satellite mapping and imagery are used to show changes in the Glacier Bay area over a period of several years. Specific image processing techniques are discussed in relation to determining the evolution of glacier terminus points and in obtaining elevation data and how it is used to create fly-by visualizations of the area.
The full, narrated 13-minute Glacier Bay video
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Animators
- Jim Strong (NASA/GSFC)
- Pamela ONeil (NASA)
- Andy Acuna (Hughes STX)
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Scientists
- Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
- Janet Chien (NASA/GSFC)
- Carl Benson (University of Alaska)
- Suzanne Brown (unaffiliated)
- Brian Suderman (Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, February 23, 1996.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.
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[Landsat]
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[DTED Level 1 (3 arc second)]
ID: 414
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