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This
section
of
Amazing
Space
features
a
library
of
selected
Hubble
images
that
can
be
printed
in
a
tactile
format.
The
new
section
features
"Images
of
the
Month"
-
a
collection
of
the
latest
Hubble
images
that
can
be
printed
on
a
thermal
paper
expansion
machine,
thus
allowing
the
visually
impaired
to
feel
what
they
cannot
see.
These
specially
prepared
PDFs
of
Hubble
images
include
text
that
describes
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This
lithograph
of
the
Lena
River
Delta
is
part
of
a
collection
of
images
of
the
Earth
from
space
called,
Landsat:
Earth
as
Art.
The
images
are
designed
to
capture
the
attention
of
people
who
might
not
otherwise
be
interested
in
remote
sensing.
The
images
link
the
disciplines
of
science
and
art,
and
can
be
used
to
teach
how
the
creative
aspects
of
those
disciplines
employ
similar
human
skills.
The
...
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This lithograph is designed to provide general public audiences attending NASA?s latest Science-on-a-Sphere ?Largest? Jupiter program current factual information about the planet Jupiter.
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Students in grades 7-10 analyze land cover change in order to help them grasp the extent, significance, and consequences of land cover change; and to introduce them to the perspective of space-based observations.
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This
lithograph
shows
a
Landsat
7
image
of
New
York
City
and
includes
an
activity
for
children
ages
5-9.
The
imagery
highlights
vegetation,
emphasizing
location,
with
additional
information,
classroom
activities
or
discus-shape
and
sizes
of
parks.
The
activity
engages
children
in
following
Amelia
the
Pigeon's
adventure
around
the
parks
in
New
York
City.
The
lithograph
is
a
companion
piece
to
the
Amelia
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These
quizzes
are
designed
to
inspire
understanding
of
the
physical,
biological
and
human
processes
that
influence
our
home
planet
and
cover
topics
from
archaeology
to
zoology.
Several
resources
for
discovering
and
revealing
the
meaning
of
image
features
may
help
new
geographical
detectives
to
solve
the
challenging
quiz
questions.
A
new
Where
on
Earth...?
mystery
quiz
appears
periodically.
Answers
...
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This
lithograph
shows
images
from
NASA?s
Landsat
7
Enhanced
Thematic
Mapper
Plus
instrument
of
the
Boulder,
Virgin,
and
Gregg
basins
that
comprise
the
southern
portion
of
Lake
Meade.
About
96%
of
the
water
in
Lake
Mead
is
from
melted
snow
that
falls
in
Colorado,
Utah,
New
Mexico,
and
Wyoming.
During
the
period
from
May
2000
to
April
2003
severe
drought
occurred
in
the
western
states,
and
Colorado
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This
lithograph
shows
the
break-off
of
a
large
iceberg
from
the
Pine
Island
Glacier
in
West
Antarctica.
This
event
occurred
between
November
4th
and
12th,
2001,
and
provides
powerful
evidence
of
rapid
changes
underway
in
this
area
of
Antarctica.
The
three
images
presented
were
acquired
by
the
vertical-viewing
(nadir)
camera
of
the
Multi-angle
Imaging
SpectroRadiometer
(MISR)
instrument
aboard
NASA's
...
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This
brochure
informs
the
public
about
the
GLAST
mission.
It
describes
in
detail
the
science
that
the
Gamma-ray
Large
Area
Space
Telescope
(GLAST)
will
do
and
how
it
will
do
it.
The
description
includes
the
GLAST
instruments,
background
information
on
gamma
ray
astronomy
and
detection
methods.
It
also
describes
current
thinking
about
active
galaxies,
gamma-ray
bursts,
solar
flares,
gamma-rays
from
...
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This
educational
poster
contains
images
and
information
about
what
the
universe
looks
like
in
the
infrared.
The
back
contains
nine
8.5
in.
x
11
in.
panels
that
explain
what
infrared
light
is
and
why
infrared
astronomy
is
important.
It
also
talks
about
light
and
the
different
colors
and
wavelengths
of
the
electromagnetic
spectrum.
It
explains
atmospheric
transmission
and
how
infrared
observations
help
...
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