NASA's Documenting the World: Myanmar and Chile
HAWT has fallen in deep, emotional love with NASA's work. [H + N 4ever.] We have gushed over NASA's Blue Marble, Next Generation Project. We discovered The Voyager Spacecraft Kick Ass! Prove Solar System is Not Straight! We saw fear in Evacuating From Chad.
NASA's unique view on the world (with their satellites and sassiness) allows for interesting documentation of our planet. This week, they put a shape to the power of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) by releasing before- and after-cyclone photos of the area.
This is Myanmar pre-cyclone, on April 15th:
NASA's unique view on the world (with their satellites and sassiness) allows for interesting documentation of our planet. This week, they put a shape to the power of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) by releasing before- and after-cyclone photos of the area.
This is Myanmar pre-cyclone, on April 15th:
This is Myanmar post-cyclone, from May 5th, 2008:
Normal satellite photos are not good at documenting floods because the excess water can get muddy once inland. NASA combines visible and infrared light, making water blue or nearly black, vegetation bright green, bare ground tan, and clouds white or light blue. In the top photo, you can clearly see waterways and vegetation. After? It looks like the Indian Ocean has crawled onto Myanmar to take a nap.
Around the world, Chile's struggling with a volcano spewing ash and toxic fumes. 4,000 people have been evacuated. All the talk in the world doesn't put it into perspective like this true-color satellite photo.
Here is an infrared shot:
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Normal satellite photos are not good at documenting floods because the excess water can get muddy once inland. NASA combines visible and infrared light, making water blue or nearly black, vegetation bright green, bare ground tan, and clouds white or light blue. In the top photo, you can clearly see waterways and vegetation. After? It looks like the Indian Ocean has crawled onto Myanmar to take a nap.Around the world, Chile's struggling with a volcano spewing ash and toxic fumes. 4,000 people have been evacuated. All the talk in the world doesn't put it into perspective like this true-color satellite photo.
Here is an infrared shot:
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I felt like I had to write about these photos, though. Wow!!! They are amazing! :-) God's work on Earth is beautiful! YAY!
Wow, thats sassy. Reminds me of the photos taken a few years back of the Tsunami. Total devastation.