Posted on 04/01/2016 5:47:40 PM PDT by JimSEA
Beginning today, all Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost.
The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year database for Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument, which images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. ASTER's database currently consists of more than 2.95 million individual scenes. The content ranges from massive scars across the Oklahoma landscape from an EF-5 tornado and the devastating aftermath of flooding in Pakistan, to volcanic eruptions in Iceland and wildfires in California.
Previously, users could access ASTER's global digital topographic maps of Earth online at no cost, but paid METI a nominal fee to order other ASTER data products.
In announcing the change in policy, METI and NASA cited ASTER's longevity and continued strong environmental monitoring capabilities. Launched in 1999, ASTER has far exceeded its five-year design life and will continue to operate for the foreseeable future as part of the suite of five Earth-observing instruments on Terra.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpl.nasa.gov ...
In March 2016, ASTER captured the eruption of Nicaragua's Momotombo volcano with its visible and thermal infrared bands. The ash plume is depicted by the visible bands in blue-gray; the thermal infrared bands show hot lava flows in yellow and the active summit crater in white. Vegetation is red. Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
I’m sure this is well intentioned, but I’m not sure the Muslims will find it useful.
Well, it’s a Central American volcano and Obama keeps telling us how important the Muslims are in the history of the Americas. Additionally, the photos of Muslim countries are sure to show them just how well they’ve taken care of things. Okay, that last one they might not appreciate.
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Went to the links and as typical of most government sites it totally user unfriendly.
Bump for later.
Thanx that works much better.
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