Elemental Earth

View fire, air, water, and earth as scientists and astronauts see them from space. Then learn where to vote for your favorite.

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Video by Kathryn Hansen, based on NASA images by Joshua Stevens, Lauren Dauphin, Jesse Allen, Robert Simmon, and Jeff Schmaltz using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, Advanced Land Imager/NASA EO-1, VIIRS day-night band data from the Joint Polar Satellite System, GOES 17 imagery courtesy of NOAA, and Copernicus Sentinel data processed by ESA. Graphic adapted from work by Kasha Patel. Astronaut photographs provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. Earth visualization by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Text by Michael Carlowicz.

Published March 3, 2022
Data acquired March 2022