File:A Sky View of Earth From Suomi NPP.jpg
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English: This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean.
Winds, tides and density differences constantly stir the oceans while phytoplankton continually grow and die. Orbiting radiometers such as VIIRS allows scientists to track this variability over time and contribute to better understanding of ocean processes that are beneficial to human survival on Earth. The image was created by the Ocean Biology Processing Group at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. |
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Image title | Satellite: Suomi-NPP
Sensor: VIIRS Date: 9 April 2015 Description: Data from six orbits of the Suomi-NPP spacecraft have been assembled into this perspective composite of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans. Tropical Cyclone Joalane is seen over the Indian Ocean. Data used: The image was constructed from six orbits of surface reflectance (rhos) data using the 671, 551, and 443 nm bands for red, green, and blue respectively. Projection: near-sided perspective projection from 8300 kilometers above 50 South by 40 East Projection details: mapproject -Rd -JG40/-50/2.3/0/0/0/60/60/150 Image created by: Norman Kuring |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows |
File change date and time | 12:55, 21 April 2015 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Date and time of digitizing | 07:49, 21 April 2015 |
Date metadata was last modified | 08:55, 21 April 2015 |
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