1997 EARTH SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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Tape Title | Record ID | Date Produced | TRT: |
Synopsis |
| LANDSAT RESOURCE TAPE | G97-024 | 1/1/97 | 00:14:28 | Compilation of LANDSAT material prior to the LANDSAT 7 launch in 1999. Includes comparison images, a selection of single images of the United States, glacier fly-by animation, LANDSAT 7 animation produced in 1997, historical b-roll and interviews.
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TAPE CONTENTS: |
| ITEM (1): RONDONIA, BRAZIL - Images taken 6/75, 8/86, and 6/92 where deforestation of the tropical forests has taken place. Deforested land and urban areas appear as light blue; healthy vegetation appears red.
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| ITEM (2): KUWAIT - These images illustrate the extent of the oil fires. They were taken 8/31/90, 2/23/91 & 11/14/91. The second image shows the city obscured by smoke. The third image was acquired after the fires had been extinguished.
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| ITEM (3): GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH - Images taken 9/72 & 8/88. They show the dramatic increase in the surface area of the lake, which caused millions of dollars in damage due to flooding of highways, wildlife refuges, & railways near the lake.
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| ITEM (4): UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN - These images were taken 9/92, 9/93, & 10/93. A series of heavy summer rains and wet periods during the following fall & spring caused the Missouri River to flood reaching its peak on 9/27/93.
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| ITEM (5): LANDSAT SINGLES IMAGES :
a) South Florida
b) New York City, NY
c) Salton Sea, CA
d) San Francisco Bay, CA
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| ITEM (6): GLACIER BAY, ALASKA FLY-BY The following animation was created through data and images collected from the ground, air and space (such as LANDSAT).
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| ITEM (7): LANDSAT ANIMATION - Animation of the current LANDSAT-7 spacecraft.
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| ITEM (8): B-ROLL - Students at the University of Maryland and a scientist from the Goddard Space Flight Center compare LANDSAT images from the 1970Ős to the present.
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| ITEM (9): HISTORICAL B-ROLL - B-roll of LANDSAT 1 launched 7/23/72.
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| ITEM (11): INTERVIEW - DR. VINCENT SALOMONSON, LANDSAT PROGRAM MANAGER, EARTH SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
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