HoloGlobe: Earth at Night

  • Released Saturday, August 10, 1996
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This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

A rotating globe showing the visible light sources on the Earths surface as measured by the DMSP satellites during the 1980s. White dots represent city lights, red dots represent forest fires, and yellow dots represent oil well fires.

The visible light sources on the Earths surface as measured by the DMSP satellites during the 1980s. White dots represent city lights, red dots represent forest fires, and yellow dots represent oil well fires.

The visible light sources on the Earths surface as measured by the DMSP satellites during the 1980s. White dots represent city lights, red dots represent forest fires, and yellow dots represent oil well fires.

Video slate image reads "HoloGlobe: Earth at NightDMSP/OLS1972-1989".

Video slate image reads "HoloGlobe: Earth at Night
DMSP/OLS
1972-1989".

For More Information

See http://www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Hologlobe/

Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Saturday, August 10, 1996.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT.

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