We beg your patience. Our main source of imagery is from the NASA satellites, Terra and Aqua, that carry the MODIS sensor. This sensor measures visible to infrared wavelengths of light, so when it’s cloudy or hazy in the Gulf, we get a nice picture of…clouds and haze. MODIS images also show a distinct pattern […]
A picture is worth 1,000 words. ~ First suggested by visionary Stewart Brand in 1966, this “Whole Earth” picture was taken in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. ~ This iconic image – humanity’s first glimpse of the entire planet – ushered in an era of environmental awareness. ~ At SkyTruth, we take a […]
To see before-and-after, high-resolution imagery showing the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ike in the Galveston area, go to Google LatLong: The aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
We’re making some progress on our recent technical woes. Many of the broken links from this blog, and from our home page, have been restored. The new Image Gallery is now able to display TIFF files properly, and other files are now available in our Documents section. There are lingering issues with some links, and […]
Yes, we’ve been having some technical difficulties here at SkyTruth for the past 10 days. The outfit that hosts our image galleries and file libraries, Green Media Toolshed, just switched over to an entirely new software framework that promises to add some nice new features. Unfortunately, it’s having trouble displaying TIFF-format images as thumbnails; and […]
