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07-24-2016, 3:40pm
Your science lesson video for today (2:46 minutes)
Earth From 1,000,000 Miles
About EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite (https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/23/nasa-releases-new-video-showing-the-globe-age-one-year/)
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EPIC is an Earth Science instrument on board the DSCOVR satellite, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mission, which launched in February, 2015. The spacecraft always remains between the sun and the Earth at a special gravitational balance point called Lagrange Point 1. At this location, DSCOVR is “parked” between the Earth and the sun at all times, allowing for it to make observations of an Earth-facing sun and a sun-facing Earth at all times.
From DSCOVR’s vantage point, scientists can study cloud cover and weather patterns throughout the year. EPIC’s spectral images will enable the measurement of ozone amounts, aerosol amounts, cloud height and phase, vegetation properties, hotspot land properties and UV radiation estimates at Earth’s surface.
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https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/dscovr-orbit.jpg?w=525&h=406
Earth From 1,000,000 Miles
About EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite (https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/23/nasa-releases-new-video-showing-the-globe-age-one-year/)
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EPIC is an Earth Science instrument on board the DSCOVR satellite, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration mission, which launched in February, 2015. The spacecraft always remains between the sun and the Earth at a special gravitational balance point called Lagrange Point 1. At this location, DSCOVR is “parked” between the Earth and the sun at all times, allowing for it to make observations of an Earth-facing sun and a sun-facing Earth at all times.
From DSCOVR’s vantage point, scientists can study cloud cover and weather patterns throughout the year. EPIC’s spectral images will enable the measurement of ozone amounts, aerosol amounts, cloud height and phase, vegetation properties, hotspot land properties and UV radiation estimates at Earth’s surface.
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https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/dscovr-orbit.jpg?w=525&h=406