Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

NASA, NASA Earth Observatory


This site provides a searchable collection of NASA Earth science images, animations and data visualizations. Most images are available at multiple resolutions, with a description of the image and metadata. Users can search the database using full text; or with advanced searches by topic, keyword, sensor, geographic region, parameter, and dates. Examples of topics represented in this collection are snow and ice, agriculture, oceans, climate, the atmosphere, human dimensions, land surface, the solid earth and more.

Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.

Cutting Edge

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DLESE

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology, Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Oceanography:Physical , Biological, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Biology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Oceanography, Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Images/Illustrations, Maps, Scientific Resources:Collection
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Upper (15-16), Intermediate (3-5), Graduate/Professional, General Public
Health Topics: Minerals, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Other, Gases, Airborne Transport Processes, Biogenic Hazards
Ocean Environments: Shallow Sea Floor/Continental Shelf, Surface Waters, Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal, Coastal and Estuarine , Deep Waters
Topics: Ocean:Biological Oceanography , Chemical Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Solar system, Ocean:Physical Oceanography, Ocean, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere/Cryosphere, Solid Earth:Structural Geology, Tectonics, Biosphere, Solid Earth:Petrology:Volcanology, Climate, Human Dimensions/Resources, Earth surface
Data Source: Observational Data
Data Derived: Data Derived
Science Background Required: Broadly accessibleKeywords: Imagery, Remote sensing, Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere