News tagged with infrared thermal imaging
Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history
(Phys.org) -- ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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Team devises technique to predict dust storms with infrared satellite
Researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a method for predicting dust and sandstorms that uses infrared satellite images to determine when conditions are ripe for the destructive phenomena, a technique ...
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Jul 06, 2010 |
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Iceland volcano: Pitt researcher compiles first high-res images; plume receding but internal heat up
High-resolution visible and thermal infrared images captured by a joint NASA-Japanese satellite sensor and compiled by University of Pittsburgh volcanologist Michael Ramsey provide the first clear glimpse ...
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Apr 23, 2010 |
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NASA Satellite Eyes Iceland Volcano Cauldron
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Saturday, April 17, 2010, the Hyperion instrument onboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this pair of images of the continuing eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull ...
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Apr 19, 2010 |
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Venus is alive -- geologically speaking (w/ Video)
ESA's Venus Express has returned the clearest indication yet that Venus is still geologically active. Relatively young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. The finding suggests ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2010 |
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New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, ...
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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Wet spring increases risk of barn fires caused by hot, moist hay
(PhysOrg.com) -- This year's unusually wet spring and early summer has led many farmers to store hay that's wetter than normal, increasing the danger of barn fires, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Watching Venus glow in the dark
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide and is showing scientists that the atmosphere of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 24, 2009 |
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