NASA Releases First Global VIIRS Image

NASA Releases First Global VIIRS Image

From its vantage 824 kilometers (512 miles) above Earth, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite gets a complete view of our planet every day. This image from Nov. 24, 2011, is the first complete global...

Imagery in the News

Imagery in the News

 Night Lights Glimmer from Above and Below   The creative minds of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are always on the alert for a great photograph of Earth, and this one doesn’t disappoint. Taken onSept. 29, 2011, with a Nikon D3S...

Looking Down on a Shooting Star

Many people have spent time outdoors under a dark sky, watching for “shooting stars” to streak across the firmament. While not actual stars, shooting stars do come from outer space in the form of meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere. This astronaut photograph,...

PV Labs, Telops Introduce New ISR Tool for Chemical Detection

Toronto, Sept. 28, 2011—PV Labs Inc., a high-end image acquisition and analytics company, and Telops, a leading supplier of infrared hyperspectral imaging sensors, today announced successful aerial performance testing for their new multi-intelligence Hyperspectral...

Oregon DOT Completes Large Leica Geosystems Purchase

Norcross, Ga., July 27, 2011—The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a longtime user of survey equipment from Leica Geosystems, and recently enhanced survey crew capacities by purchasing ten Leica Viva TS15 Robotic Imaging Total Stations, four Viva CS15...

Venezuelan Geographic Institute Purchases Microsoft UltraCamXp

Graz, Austria, July 26, 2011—Microsoft UltraCam reseller GeoToolBox Ibérica S.L. (GTBi), based in Madrid, Spain, won an international tender with the Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolivar (IGVSB). The awarded contract includes an UltraCamXp digital...

Imagery in the News

Flooding Continues Along the Missouri River Floods advanced down the Missouri River at the end of June 2011, swelling the river significantly from Sioux City, Iowa, to Leavenworth, Kan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA’s Aqua...

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Drought and Heat Create Hazardous Fire Conditions in Texas  So far in 2011, more than 1.4 million acres have burned in Texas. Some 800 fires have occurred throughout the state, burning 401 structures and costing two firefighters their lives. Why is fire activity so...

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