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Seeing the Parts for the Whole

Across two decades, the Terra satellite has been a great leap for Earth system science, observing how different spheres fit together as a whole.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Lauren Dauphin, using data from Michael Abrams, NASA/JPL, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, MISR data courtesy of David Diner/NASA/JPL/Caltech, CERES data from NASA Earth Observations (NEO), MOPPIT data courtesy of Helen Worden/National Center for Atmospheric Research, and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published December 18, 2019
Data acquired November - December 16, 2019

Sources:
Terra > ASTER
Terra > CERES
Terra > MISR
Terra > MODIS
Terra > MOPITT