Visitors can study this account of the calving of the Larsen ice shelf and the disintegration of the ice shelf around James Ross Island that occured in Austral Summer of 1994-95. The account is in chronolgical order and is accompanied by photographs. Follow-up examinations from 1996-2002 and links to related material are provided. Full description.

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. Full description.

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. Full description.

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 ... Full description.

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 ... Full description.

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 ... Full description.

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 ... Full description.

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 ... Full description.

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 ... Full description.

This lithograph uses images of the Orion constellation to illustrate how a common astronomical object appears in both visible light and in the infrared. The back of the lithograph tells the history of infrared light and explains the benefits of infrared astronomy. Full description.