Knowing where you are and where you want to go is very important!

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Geography From Space
Knowing where you are and where you want to go is
very important!
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Interpret Satellite Images

• What can be learned about a planet from a
• satellite photo?

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Where are you?

• Use the Internet to find out more about
• your location as seen from space.

Go to NASA s interactive map Cites from Space
and click on the city nearest you.
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• How far can you see?
• How could you determine how far you can see?
• Have you ever climbed a tower to see farther?

22 Kilometers is a little less than 14 miles
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More about the Andes

• The Internet is not just for research,
• Fun learning games can also be found!

• Find out more about the creation and
• corrosion of the mountains from the
• Mountain Discovery site.
• Play the Geogame at the Discovery site

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Where are all the people?

• Go to Satellite Images to see a night time
• view of the earth.

• Find Rio de Janeiro on the map of lights.
• What does all the visible light say about
• the Earth and its people?

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Satellites Functions

• Satellites can be used to track weather
• patterns and conditions.

• To find out more about weather in Africa,
• go to the website in Resources and check
• out satellite images.

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More views of Africa From Space
Go to African Satellite Picture site.
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Europe from Space
GEO Stationary The Satellites stay in the same
position above the Earth all the time.
Go to visible Satellite Picture to see Europe
from such a satellite.
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Comparing Planets

• Volcanic Mountains and water are not
• unique to the earth.

• How tall is Mars Giant mountain?

• Go to Mars Global Surveyor Site to find
• out about satellite photo evidence of water
• on Mars.

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Environmental Changes

• Humans affect on the planet can viewed
• from archived satellite images.

• See Earth shots Satellite Images of the
• Aral Sea.

• Why is the water disappearing?

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Comparing Planets

• Many snowcapped mountains can be seen
• from satellite images of Earth.

• Mars also has white patches at its poles.
• On Mars, however, the snowcapped poles
• consists of frozen carbon dioxide, not water.

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Comparing Planets

• Compare the surface of Mars and Australia.
• Both are red due to iron oxide or rust.

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The Blue Planet
Over 70 of the Earth is water.
From space, all this water creates a beautiful
world of blue, swirled with white clouds, and
dotted with green and brown landforms.
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Colors and Shapes from Space
Look at a satellite view of North America. How
many different land formations and geological
areas of interest can you identify?
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The Importance of Shadows

• The depth of a canyon or the height of a
• mountain can be determined from space
• using shadows.

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Satellite images provide a wealth of information

• To find out where satellites are orbiting
• at this very moment, go to J-Track
• Satellite Tracking found in the Resources.