Earth  ID: 4838

Zoom into Central America

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on July 9, 2020
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This short example animation begins by showing most of Central America and zooms down to El Salvador and it's neighboring countries.
Central America is the region between North America and South America. An edited version of this zoom was used as the opening shot for the video titled "NASA Satellites Help Farmers in Central America's Dry Corridor".
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Labeled map of Central America.
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Unlabeled map of Central America.
 

Used Elsewhere In

NASA Satellites Help Farmers in Central America's Dry Corridor

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Editor
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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Data Used:
Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Keywords:
GCMD >> Location >> El Salvador
GCMD >> Location >> Central America
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0