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Earth Scene Mosaics

EARTH SCENE MOSAICS

Below are image mosaics from various campaigns highlighting some of the capabilities of MAS. These 24-bit false-color mosaics were created from multispectral MAS data with 50 meter nadir-pixel resolution. Individual images in the mosaics represent a composite of 3 spectral channels each assigned to a different Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) color. The images are ordered clockwise, starting from the upper left and ending at the center; the flight number and band combination (RGB) follows after each individual description.

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A-TOST mosaic thumbnail image
A-TOST (2003)
1. Ice, snow, and clouds in Canada (04-626; 5,3,2)
2. Storm clouds over the North Atlantic Ocean (04-622; 10,3,15)
3. Ice, snow, and clouds in Canada (04-626; 10,3,15)
4. Storm clouds over Montreal, Canada (04-618; 10,3,15)
5. Clouds over Midwestern USA (04-616; 10,3,15)
THORPEX mosaic thumbnail image
THORPEX (2003)
1. Lava flowing into the Pacific Ocean (03-619; 20,10,2)
2. Storm clouds over the Pacific Ocean (03-935; 10,3,15)
3. Lava flowing into the Pacific Ocean (03-619; 45,20,10)
4. Storm clouds over the Pacific Ocean (04-622; 10,3,15)
5. Snow on the Sierra Nevada Mountains (04-610 bands 10,3,15).
Miscellaneous Missions 2002 mosaic thumbnail image
Miscellaneous Missions (2002 - 2003)
1. Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana (03-915; 20,10,2)
2. The McNalley Fire (near Lake Isabella) in California (02-958; 5,3,2)
3. Death Valley, California at night (02-961; 44,42,35)
4. The McNalley Fire using thermal bands (02-958; 45,20,2)
5. Goose Lake on an exceptionallly clear day (02-959 bands 20,10,2).
CRYSTAL-FACE mosaic thumbnail image
CRYSTAL-FACE (2002)
1. Cumulonimbus clouds over the Gulf of Mexico (02-952; 10,3,15)
2. The massive Aspen Fire burning in Arizona (02-945; 10,3,15)
3. Cumulonimbus clouds over the Gulf of Mexico (02-957; 10,3,15)
4. A clear day over Death Valley, California (02-942; 10,3,15)
5. Cumulonimbus clouds over the Florida Keys (02-949 bands 10,3,15).
CAMEX 4 mosaic thumbnail image
CAMEX 4 (2001)
1. Hurricane Erin in full force (01-137; 10,3,15)
2. Tropical Storm Humberto forming in the Atlantic (01-140; 10,3,15)
3. Tropical Storm Humberto ramping up (01-141; 10,3,15)
4. Hurricane Humberto, 650 miles off the Virginia coast (01-142; 10,3,15)
5. Tropical Storm Chantel in the Caribbean Sea (01-132 bands 10,3,15).
CLAMS mosaic thumbnail image
CLAMS (2001)
1. Delmarva Penninsula in Virginia (01-101; 20,10,2)
2. The mighty Potomac River featuring Washington D.C. (01-106; 20,10,2)
3. Long Island and Staten Island, New York (01-102; 20,10,2)
4. Scattered clouds over Colorado (01-110; 20,10,2)
5. New Jersey shoreline (01-109 bands 20,10,2).
SAFARI mosaic thumbnail image
SAFARI (2000)
1. Makgadikgadi and Nxai salt pans in Botswana (00-151; 45,20,1)
2. Massive burn near the Olifants River in South Africa (00-158; 20,8,2)
3. Luswishi River in the Copperbelt region of Zambia (00-151; 45,20,1)
4. Etosha salt pan in Etosha N.P., Namibia (00-175; 20,10,2)
5. Night time over the Busanga Swamp (00-155 bands 46,42,35).
WISC-T2000 mosaic thumbnail image
WISC-T2000 (2000)
1. Crystal Lake, just east of Lake Michigan (00-064; 20,10,2)
2. Ice forming in Green Bay on Lake Michigan (00-069; 20,10,2)
3. Snow on the Catskill Mountains in New York (00-068; 20,10,2)
4. Snow above the Green River valley in southern Utah (00-062; 20,10,2)
5. Mostly frozen Castle Rock and Petenwell Lakes (00-066; 20,10,2).
WINTEX mosaic thumbnail image
WINTEX (1999)
1. Redmond Reservoir, Kansas (99-059; 20,10,2)
2. Ice locks in Green Bay at night on Lake Michigan (99-055; 45,44,42)
3. Lake Powell on the Arizona / Utah border (99-050; 20,10,2)
4. Frozen wetlands at Cedar Lake in Manitoba, Canada (99-053; 20,10,2)
5. Clouds over Green Bay, Wisconsin (99-054; 20,10,2).
FIRE-ACE mosaic thumbnail image
FIRE-ACE (1998)
1. Polar ice cap edge west of Barrow, Alaska (98-069; 20,10,2)
2. Cumulus over stratus clouds cover the Brooks Range (98-070; 20,10,2)
3. Clouds breaking up over the Sheba Ice Station (98-073; 20,10,2)
4. Sea ice surrounds Point Barrow, Alaska (98-073; 20,10,2)
5. Glaciers in the Saint Elias Mountains (98-063; 20,10,2).
PE&RS Cover mosaic thumbnail image
PE&RS Cover Image (1997)
1. Glaciers near Mt. Hayes in the Alaska Range
2. Arkansas River and Kaw Reservoir along the Kansas/Oklahoma border
3. Lake-effect instability clouds forming over Lake Erie
4. Bio-mass burning and smoke plume near the Xingu River, Brazil
5. Severe Thunderstorm over the Brooks Range, Alaska
WINCE mosaic thumbnail image
WINCE (1997)
1. Frozen plains surrounding the Wabash River, Indiana (97-042; 20,10,2)
2. Lake-effect instability clouds forming over Lake Erie (97-047; 20,10,2)
3. Floating ice sheets in James Bay, Canada (97-045; 20,10,2)
4. Mid-level clouds casting shadows over Lake Superior (97-047; 20,10,2)
5. Ice sheets breaking off in Chequamegon Bay (97-046; 20,10,2).
ARMCAS mosaic thumbnail image
ARMCAS (1995)
1. Ice in Prudhoe Bay near Dead Horse, Alaska (95-113; 10,5,2)
2. Cirrus over sea ice north of Camden Bay, Alaska (95-117; 20,10,2)
3. Ice sheets north of Camden Bay, Alaska (95-117; 3,2,1)
4. Sea ice breaking up in Mikkelson Bay, Alaska (95-115; 20,10,2)
5. Cirrus over ice sheets north of Gwydyr Bay (95-115; 3,7,5).
ALASKA mosaic thumbnail image
ALASKA (1995)
1. Sunrise over glaciers on the eastern slope of Mount Hayes
2. Glaciers crawl down the north face of Mount Churchill
3. Sunlit Mount Sanford in the Wrangle Mountains
4. Ice on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula
5. Large broken ice sheets in the Arctic Ocean
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