NEW PERSPECTIVES EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE EDUCATION: ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY RESOURCES

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ABSTRACT Earth System Science education
integrates systems on local, regional, and global
scales. Existing astronaut photography of the
Earth offers unique views of Earth at these
scales. High- and low-oblique photographs present
three-dimensional perspectives, and offer
regional views that demonstrate connections among
diverse landscape elements including
physiography, hydrology, precipitation, and land
cover. Multiple viewing directions, angles, and
scales permit observation of large-scale Earth
features from multiple perspectives, allowing
students to observe objects from global to
regional and local scales. Astronaut photographs
also document Earth System changes in the 4th
dimension, allowing change detection and
monitoring capabilities. The current archive of
astronaut photography (http//eol.jsc.nasa.gov/)
includes over 600,000 acquisitions acquired over
more than 40 years over 150,000 of these are
from the ISS. The site also includes tutorials,
topical collections, research, publications, and
educational resources.
NEW PERSPECTIVES EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE EDUCATION
ASTRONAUT PHOTOGRAPHY RESOURCES Rebecca L. Dodge,
Ph.D. University of West Georgia Department of
Geosciences
MULTI-AZIMUTH, MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-TEMPORAL,
OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVES Patagonian Ice Fields,
South America
AS17-148-22727
WINDOW OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY (WORF),
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THE BLUE MARBLE FROM APOLLO 17
THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE Volume of Sediment
Eroded off Andes, and Incision of Deposits
REGIONAL TO LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
Gulf of California
STS040-151-14
STS060-83-5
ISS006-E-43071
UPSALA GLACIER
Salton Sea
UPSALA GLACIER
GRAND CANYON
Vertical Perspective
ISS006-E-42363
Grand Canyon to Gulf of California
Grand Canyon
STS040-73-54
MISR July 17, 200
ISS006-E-7682
Gulf of California
Gulf of California
Salton Sea
Oblique Perspective
UPSALA GLACIER
Colorado River Delta
ISS008-E-12390
Salton Sea to Gulf of California
STS077-728-57
Delta Growth/Subsidence
Volume of Volcanic Materials injected into
Atmosphere by Eruptions
CHANGE THROUGH TIME Volcanic Island/Reef
Evolution
ISS004-E-11775
STS068-150-045
WETLANDS SUBSIDENCE
NOTHING LEFT BUT THE LEVEES!
STS61A-42-51
NM21-740-056
STS065-94-43
FRINGING REEF
STS068-258-42
Volcanic Island Arc, Indonesia
Volga River Delta
Mississippi Delta 1985
Mississippi Delta 2002
Volcano Klyuchevskaya, Russia
ISS003-E-7681
STS51B-53-11
BARRIER REEF
ATOLL
STS056-152-160
STS064-116-64
Atoll Complex, Pacific Ocean (Island Arc After
Subsidence)
Atchafalaya Delta 1985
Atchafalaya Delta 2001
Reef Development
Volcano Rabaul, New Britain, September 1994