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3-D View of the Colby Fire, California

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard the Terra satellite passed over the Colby Fire at 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2014, about five hours after the fire was first reported. The instrument was able to acquire images of the fire at different angles, allowing scientists to create a 3-D view of the Colby fire and images of the height of the smoke/particulate dispersal.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Terra completes 100,000 orbits

Terra: The Hardest Working Satellite in Earth Orbit

Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Cumulus clouds gather over the Atlantic Ocean

Clouds from a Different Angle

Scientists use satellite data from the CERES instrument to simulate cloud effects and improve the accuracy of global climate models.
Feature Article
Oct. 16, 2020
Photograph of four EOSDIS interns

An Internship Like No Other

The experience may be different this summer, but almost a dozen interns are helping the ESDIS Project office and EOSDIS DAACs move vital work forward.
Feature Article
Aug. 12, 2020
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