EK

EarthKAM at TMSC

These photos are Talcott Mountain's images from the EarthKAM project - a Nikon digital camera mounted in the International Space Station. Students pick the area, the location, find the GPS coordinates, check to see if the site is in daylight, upload the data and download the pictures. Click the images for full-size versions.

Mid-Atlantic ocean. All of the Atlantic / Africa pictures are part of a study to watch the development of storms as they cross the Atlantic. You can see the bright cloud tops as the sun rises and illuminates the highest points first.

The Ayers Rock area, Australia. Students picked this to find out what the other side of the earth looked like...

Sparse clouds, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Part of the study of storms.

Indian Ocean - used as a contrast to the Atlantic ocean storm images.

Near Mauritius, in the western Indian Ocean / off the eastern African coast - for contrast with the western African coast studies.

Mid Atlantic storms. Also taken near sunrise, note the bright cloud tops.

Mid Atlantic, no storms, mid-day.

Mid Atlantic, fair weather cumulus clouds, at sunset - note the bright cloud tops lit from the southwest.

New Zealand - another look at the other side of the globe...

Pacific coast of Washington / Oregon border - as a comparison to east coast US weather.

Southeast Iraq - several students had relatives in Iraq dueing this EarhtKAM mission.

Mid-Atlantic ocean. All of the Atlantic / Africa pictures are part of a study to watch the development of storms as they cross the Atlantic. You can see the bright cloud tops as the sun rises and illuminates the highest points first.	The Ayers Rock area, Australia. Students picked this to find out what the other side of the earth looked like...	Sparse clouds, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Part of the study of storms.
Indian Ocean - used as a contrast to the Atlantic ocean storm images.	Near Mauritius, in the western Indian Ocean / off the eastern African coast - for contrast with the western African coast studies.	Mid Atlantic storms. Also taken near sunrise, note the bright cloud tops.
Mid Atlantic, no storms, mid-day.	Mid Atlantic, fair weather cumulus clouds, at sunset - note the bright cloud tops lit from the southwest.	New Zealand - another look at the other side of the globe...
Pacific coast of Washington / Oregon border - as a comparison to east coast US weather.	Southeast Iraq - several students had relatives in Iraq dueing this EarhtKAM mission.