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- Kasha Patel
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- Siegfried D. Schubert
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Satellite image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory/Robert Simmon
Animators
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
Writer
- Kasha Patel (Wyle Information Systems) [Lead]
Scientist
- Siegfried D. Schubert (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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