May 04 2002

Aqua satellite launch & deploy

Aqua, Latin for water, is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission named for the large amount of information that the mission is collecting about the Earth’s water cycle, including evaporation from the oceans, water vapor in the atmosphere, clouds, precipitation, soil moisture, sea ice, land ice, and snow cover on the land and ice. Additional variables also being measured by Aqua include radiative energy fluxes, aerosols, vegetation cover on the land, phytoplankton and dissolved organic matter in the oceans, and air, land, and water temperatures.

The Aqua mission is a part of the NASA-centered international Earth Observing System (EOS). Aqua was formerly named EOS PM, signifying its afternoon equatorial crossing time. A timeline of Aqua on-orbit progress through the initial 120 day check-out period can be found here.

I have created the launch & deploy animation for the Aqua science team prior to the launch of the satellite for public outreach purposes.

Jan 01 2002

MODIS Satellite versus GOCART Model Aerosol Animation

Jan 01 2002

Earth Cam (rendered with the Blue Marble 2002 Textures)

Dec 18 1999

Terra MODIS swath animation

Dec 18 1999

Terra satellite launch & deploy

Terra is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary mission involving partnerships with the aerospace agencies of Canada and Japan. Managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the mission also receives key contributions from the Jet Propulsion Laboratoryand Langley Research Center. Terra is an important part of NASA’s Science Mission, helping us better understand and protect our home planet.

I have created the Terra launch & deploy video sequence prior to the satellite’s launch for internal communication at NASA and for public outreach purposes of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Public Affairs Office (PAO).

The original Animations from back in 1999:

 

Dec 31 1997

Native Chaos

Native Chaos was a computer and video feedback art project between Higgins, Muff and me carried out during the winter months of 1997/1998. The project primarily resulted in a few empty red wine bottles and night long experimental video material, of which a few still images are shown here in reduced resolution. Enjoy!