미국항공우주국이 지난 1999년부터 2006년까지 진행한 ‘지구 관측 프로젝트’를 통해 얻은 사진들.

이 사진들은 고도 수백 km에 위치한 위성이 촬영한 아시아, 유럽, 남극, 아메리카 등 전 세계 지구 표면의 모습이다. NASA 측은 이 프로젝트를 ‘지구 예술’로도 부르고 있는데, 랜드샛-7 위성 등이 촬영한 지구 표면의 사진들이 현대 예술 작품과 비슷한 분위기를 풍기는 것이 그 이유.

NASA는 인터넷 홈페이지를 통해 수년 동안의 촬영 및 현상 작업을 통해 얻은 ‘지구 예술 프로젝트’ 사진들을 공개했다.

 

태양빛을 받아 찬란하게 빛나는 남극의 얼음, 하얀 눈이 덮인 히말라야 산봉우리, 사하라 사막 한 가운데의 오아시스 등 지구 곳곳의 모습을 담은 사진들이 한 폭의 수채화 혹은 현대 추상미술 작품을 연상시킨다는 것이 언론의 설명.

지구 기후 변화 및 환경 연구를 위해 제작된 이 같은 사진들은 색깔 보정 및 이미지 필터링 등을 거쳐 만들어진 종류라고 NASA 측은 밝혔다.

 

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

 

 

 

The Yukon Delta
Image taken 5/26/2002 by ASTER

An intricate maze of small lakes and waterways define the Yukon Delta at the confluence of Alaska's Ukon and Kuskokwim Rivers with the frigid Bering Sea. Wildlife abounds on the delta and offshore where sheets of sea ice form during the coldest months of the year.

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 103 Row 76, center: 63.03 N, 163.62 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Von Karman Vortices
Image taken 7/4/2002 by Landsat 7

As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karman vortices, may form. The vortices in this image were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean encountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

 

This image can be found on Landsat 7 Path 79 Row 23-24, center: 53.1 N, 170.4 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Aleutian Clouds
Image taken 6/16/2000

These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Their color variations are probably due to differences in temperature and in the size of water droplets that make up the clouds.

 

The Aleutian Clouds can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 91 Row 23, center: 53.10, 170.97.

 

 

 

 

 

Malaspina Glacier
Image taken 8/31/2000

The tongue of the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska, fills most of this image. The Malaspina lies west of Yakutat Bay and covers 1,500 sq. MI (3,880 sq. km).

 

Malaspina can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 63 Row 18, center: 60.10, -141.78.

 

 

 

 

 

Whirlpool in the Air
Image taken 5/14/2001

This image shows a spinning formation of ice, clouds, and low-lying fog off the eastern coast of Greenland.

 

This Whirlpool can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 232 Row 16, center: 62.86, -40.89.

 

 

 

 

 

Greenland Coast
Image taken 9/3/2000

Along Greenland's western coast, a small field of glaciers surrounds Baffin Bay.

 

This portion of Greenland's Coast can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 20 Row 7, center: 74.71, -57.07

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowknife Wetlands
Image taken 7/3/2001

Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in northern Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age.

 

Yellowknife Wetlands can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 45 Row 16, center: 62.86, -111.97.

 

 

 

 

 

Akpatok Island
Image taken 1/22/2001

Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243 m) above the sea surface. The island is an import!ant sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds. Numerous ice floes around the island attract walrus and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for native Inuit people.

 

Akpatok Island can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 15 Row 18, center: 60.10, -67.62.

 

 

 

 

 

Garden City, Kansas
Image taken 9/25/2000

Center pivot irrigation systems create red circles of healthy vegetation in this image of croplands near Garden City, Kansas.

 

Garden City can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 30 Row 34, center: 37.48, -100.51.

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi River Delta
Image taken 5/24/2001 by ASTER

Turbid waters spill out into the Gulf of Mexico where their suspended sediment is deposited to form the Mississippi River Delta. Like the webbing on a duck's foot, marshes and mudflats prevail between the shipping channels that have been cut into the delta.

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 21 Row 40, center: 29.45 N, -89.28 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Desolation Canyon
Image taken 12/31/2000 by Landsat 7

Utah's Green River flows south across the Tavaputs Plateau (top) before entering Desolation Canyon (center). The Canyon slices through the Roan and book Cliffs - two long, staircase-like escarpments. Nearly as deep as the Grand Canyon, Desolation Canyon is one of the largest unprotected wilderness areas in the American West.

 

This image can be found on Landsat 7 Path 37 Row 32, center: 40.3 N, 110.4 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Florida Everglades
Image taken 2/5/2000

Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It contains both temperate and tropical plant communities, including sawgrass prairie, mangrove and cypress swamps, pinelands, and hardwood hammocks, as well as marine and estuarine environments. The park is known for its rich bird life, particularly large wading birds, such as the roseate spoonbill, wood stork, great blue heron, and a variety of egrets. It is also the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side.

 

The Everglades can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 15 Row 42, center: 26.00, -80.43.

 

 

 

 

 

Cancun
Image taken 9/28/2000 by ASTER

Known for its beaches and resort hotels, Cancun lies at the tip of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Inland from this tourist mecca, however, lies a sparsely populated tropical scrub forest that shelters the ruins of ancient Mayan cities.

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 18 Row 45, center: 21.25 N, 86.79 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Coahuila, Mexico
Image taken 11/28/1999

This desolate landscape is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, on the border between the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon provinces of Mexico.

 

Coahuila can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 28 Row 42, center: -26.00, -100.52.

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean Sand, Bahamas
Image taken October 29, 2000

Though the above image may resemble a new age painting straight out of an art gallery in Venice Beach, California, it is in fact a satellite image of the sands and seaweed in the Bahamas. The image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) instrument aboard the Landsat 7 satellite. Tides and ocean currents in the Bahamas sculpted the sand and seaweed beds into these multicolored, fluted patterns in much the same way that winds sculpted the vast sand dunes in the Sahara Desert.

 

 

 

 

 

Pinacate Volcano Field
Image taken 12/5/2002 by Landsat 7

The pockmarked terrain of Pinacate National Park in Mexico's Sonora Province is evidence of a violent past. Among hundreds of volcanic vents and cinder cones are rare maar craters, formed when rising magma met underground water to create pockets of steam that blew nearly circular holes in the overlying crust.

 

This image can be found on Landsat 7 Path 37 Row 38, center: 31.7 N, 112.9 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Campeche
Image taken 5/2/2002 by ASTER

Named after the ancient Mayan Province of Kimpech, the state of Campeche comprises much of the western half of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Rivers in southern Campeche drain into the immense Terminos Lagoon, the entrance to which is protected by a long barrier island, Isla Del Carmen.

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 21 Row 47, center: 18.57 N, 91.97 W.

 

 

 

 

 

Colima Volcano
Image taken 2/6/2003 by ASTER

Snow-capped Colima Volcano, the most active volcano in Mexico, rises abruptly from the surrounding landscape in the state of Jalisco. Colima is actually a melding of two volcanoes, the older Nevado de Colima to the north and the younger, historically more active Volcan de Colima to the south. Legend has it that gods sit atop the volcano on thrones of fire and ice.

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 29 Row 46, center: 19.57 N, 103.60 W.

 

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