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Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

by Donald Perkey - Thursday, July 20, 2006, 1:08 PM
 
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.

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GOES Project Science

by Donald Perkey - Thursday, July 20, 2006, 1:01 PM
 
http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/goes/QTmovies/030217.midatlantic.mov

GOES satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. They circle the Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which means they orbit the equatorial plane of the Earth at a speed matching the Earth's rotation. This allows them to hover continuously over one position on the surface.

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GSFC Earth–Sun Studies

by Donald Perkey - Thursday, July 20, 2006, 1:06 PM
 
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/earthandsun/index.html
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/pictures/20020926ozonehole/2002%20OzoneHole.mpg

2002 Antarctic Ozone Hole - movie