An update on the notorious PIG (Pine Island Glacier)
Category Archive: NASA
Mar
13
NASA | X5.4 Flare
This movie of the March 6, 2012 X5.4 flare was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 171 Angstrom wavelength. One of the most dramatic features is the way the entire surface of the sun seems to ripple with the force of the eruption. This movement comes from something called EIT waves — …
Mar
11
Planning a Vacation? Backup Data, Prevent Flash Drive Recovery
Parker, CO (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 eProvided.Com purchases hundreds of USB flash drives for customers experiencing flash drive data recovery problems. A recent order in 2012 eProvided.Com paid $ 3.99 per USB flash drive. Flash drive recovery services prevent data loss for vacationers. Flash drives and digital camera cards are everywhere, for consumers, avoiding …
Mar
09
NASA’s Alien Anomalies caught on film – A compilation of stunning UFO footage from NASA’s archives
This compilation includes many of my favorite NASA UFO encounters/sightings that I have archived over the years. All of these examples (with the exception of the second-to-last one) were captured on film by NASA astronauts or Russian Cosmonauts over the past half-century – showing many amazing examples from different eras – Gemini, Apollo, Apollo/Soyuz Test …
Mar
07
NASA | Uncovering Winter’s Mystery
A brief recap of the satellite news media tour on February 1, 2012 that looked at the science of falling snow, how NASA observes snow from space, and the factors that lead to the 2010 “Snowmageddon.” For more on the story, check out www.nasa.gov This video is public domain and can be downloaded at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov …
Mar
03
FireWhat Will Release Free Wildfire App April 1 for iPhone and Android
Dunsmuir, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2012 Every year, much of the arid western United States goes up in smoke. Houses, property, and lives are lost in this deadly force of nature. According to Census and NIFC data, some 83 million people live in the ten states that receive the most wildfire activity, and millions of …
Feb
25
NASA urges caution over the 'Fireballs of February'
NASA urges caution over the 'Fireballs of February' Visible across the United States for the whole of this month, the fireballs have become a source of mystery for NASA scientists and other sky-watchers around the world. February Fireball: A fireball over north Georgia recorded on Feb. Read more on Daily Mail NASA Gives Ozone Layer …
Feb
24
NASA | Looking Down a Well: A Brief History of Geodesy
Geodesy is a field of study that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, and it all started when a clever human named Eratosthenes discovered that you could measure the circumference of the Earth by looking down a well. Over time, the field of geodesy has expanded and evolved dramatically, and NASA uses …
Feb
24
NASA | TIRS – The Thermal Infrared Sensor on LDCM
The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) is one of the instruments on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. It will continue the archive of thermal imaging and support emerging applications such as evapotranspiration rate measurements for water management. TIRS is being built by NASA GSFC and has a three-year design life. This video is public …