Gotland pic voted top in NASA 'Earth as Art' poll
Published: 27 Jul 12 15:24 CET | Print version
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The Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland came first in a survey to elect the best picture taken from US space agency NASA's Landsat program, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this week.
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The picture was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite on July 13th 2005 and came in first of a top five winners in the "Earth as Art" competition.
The other four winners, chosen from some 120 images selected for public perusal were: Lake Eyre in Australia, Erg Iguidi in the Algerian Sahara, the Mississippi River near Memphis, USA and the Yukon Delta in Alaska, USA.
The Landsat series of Earth observation satellites has been recording images of the planet's surface for the past forty years. The database is a vital global reference to assist the understanding of scientific issues related to land and water resource use.
The "Earth as Art" project has been created by the US Geological Survey to "demonstrate an artistic resonance in satellite land imagery".
The public poll received some 14,000 votes on the more than 120 images which can viewed by following the link below.
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External link: View the entire "Earth as Art" collection hosted by the USGS EROS Data Center. »
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During January in Chicago the temps will hit -20f(-28c) for a few days and the Chicago River is neat to be near with what looks like steam coming up from it (it never freezes because it's too polluted).
Then when you get close the smell suddenly hits you and it's no longer cool...
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