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Interested in Learning More about the Cryosphere?

By iowaviewMarch 21, 2025Activity, Education, Environmental Change, Imagery, Landsat, NASA, Outreach, Phenology, Remote Sensing, Resource, Story MapCryosphere, FROZEN, myNASAdata, NASA Earth Observatory for Kids, Sea Ice and the Earth System Story Map, When Rains Fell in Winter Story Map

After that last post, you might be interested in finding more resources about the cryosphere, here are several helpful resources: My NASA data has a series specifically focused on the cryosphere:https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/about-cryosphereMini-Lessons: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/all-cryosphere-maps-and-dataLesson Plans: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/all-cryosphere-lesson-plans NASA Earth Observatory for Kids Lessons (very fun, hands-on, and engaging for the younger crowd): Glaciers: Ice on the Move: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/glaciers-ice-on-the-move/Water,

Celebrate with us today! 30 years of GIS at ISU!!!

By iowaviewNovember 16, 2022Activity, Announcement, Event, Geography Awareness Week, IGIC, Landsat, Landsat Golden Jubilee, NASA, Outreach#geoweek, #IowaView, #Landsat50, 30th anniversary of ISU GIS Facillity, Geography Awareness Week, GIS Day 2022, ISU College of Design, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Party, puzzles, refreshments

Today is GIS Day! We are celebrating in the North atrium of the College of Design. Today is an especially exciting celebration as we are also celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ISU GIS Facility on campus and 50 years of the US Landsat, earth observing satellite mission. Please join us in the College of

How are you celebrating the Landsat’s Golden Jubilee?

By iowaviewJuly 26, 2022#Time Lapse Tuesday, Activity, Announcement, Education, Environmental Change, Event, Imagery, Landsat, Landsat Golden Jubilee, NASA, Observation, Outreach, Remote Sensing, Resource, Story Map, USGS#IowaView, #Landsat, #Landsat50, #TimeLapseTuesday, 2022 GLOBE Land Cover Challenge, 5 decades, Camp Landsat, Create Earth Art, earth observation, Explore Camp Landsat, GLOBE Observer, Italy, Landsat Collage, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Landsat science, Naples, observe, Oh_thePlaceWeGo!, People and Places, Postcard from Camp Landsat, Postcards from Camp, Remote sensing, StoryMap

To celebrate the Landsat Golden Jubilee, consider taking a virtual visit to Camp Landsat! This summer Camp Landsat is celebrating this exciting anniversary with 5 weeks of programming, celebrating the 5 decades of Landsat’s continuous mission. This week the theme is People and Places. Enjoy and explore many activities from Camp Landsat including: Stay Cool

Celebrating 50 years of Landsat Earth Observation!

By iowaviewJuly 25, 2022Announcement, Education, Imagery, Landsat, Landsat Golden Jubilee, NASA, Observation, Outreach, Story Map, USGS#IowaView, #Landsat, #Landsat50, 50 years of Landsat, earth observation, Getting off the Ground, imagery, July 23 1972, Landsat Golden Jubilee, launch, NASA, Outreach, Remote sensing, USGS

Saturday, July 23, 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of the USGS/NASA Landsat earth observing satellite mission. With the launch in 1972, Landsat has continued its earth observation mission and become the longest continuous earth observing satellite. Enjoy this video recalling the launch and explaining the beginning of the earth observing satellite mission,

Happy Earth Day 2022: Enjoy NASA’s Pathways to New Discoveries

By iowaviewApril 22, 2022Activity, Earth Day, Education, Landsat, NASA, Outreach2022 NASA Earth Day Poster, Artemis, Benefits from Space, Benefits on Earth, Climate Quizzes, Climate Time Machine, Earth from Afar, Earth Science, Eyes on Earth, GLOBE Observer, Images of Change, Landsat 9, Live Views from Space, NASA Aeronautics, NASA Earth Day, Pathways to New Discoveries, QR Codes, Rising Tides, Snack time with NASA

This year NASA’s Earth Day poster is features a series of QR codes which provide an array of information on a number of their missions, programs, and activities. We have provided a key below explaining each of the numbered QR codes along with the link to each code (click on the name to follow the

Greetings from Camp Landsat: Cities and Suburbs

By iowaviewAugust 18, 2021Activity, Education, Environmental Change, Landsat, NASA, Observation, Outreach, Remote Sensingcamp crafts: "green roof" birdhouse, Camp crafts: color by number image classifications, change over time, Count down to Landsat 9 launch, environmental change, Greetings from Camp Landsat, NASA, Postcards from Camp, urban heat islands in Minnesota, urbanization, video of urban growth in Qatar, Week 5: Cities & Suburbs

Greetings from Camp Landsat! This week’s camp theme is Cities and Suburbs and focuses on the growth of cities and urban areas as seen over time through Landsat images. Urban growth has impacts on the surrounding environment. Visit Camp Landsat to learn more and experience a time-laspse video of urban growth in Qatar, a storymap

Are you looking forward to the Landsat 9 Launch?

By iowaviewAugust 11, 2021AmericaView, Announcement, Education, Landsat, NASA, Observation, Resource, USGSA History of the Landsat Program, birth of NASA 1958, earth observation, Ellie Leydsman McGinty, founding of USGS 1879, Google Earth Tour, Landsat 9 Launch, September 16, UtahView

Landsat 9 is scheduled to be launched on September 16, 2021. This will mark almost 50 years of earth observation by US satellites. In preparation for this historic launch, we will be sharing several interactive documents about the history of the Landsat mission as well as the information about the Landsat 9 mission. Today we

Remembering the 2020 Midwest Derecho

By iowaviewAugust 10, 2021Education, Event, Imagery, Landsat, NASA, Observation, Remote SensingAugust 10 2020, Derecho Damage, Derecho Flattens Iowa Corn, Derecho Story, Midwest Derecho, NASA Earth Observatory, NOAA, StoryMap

A year ago today a derecho, a series of thunderstorms with hurricane-like winds and heavy rains, struck Iowa with very little warning. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) put together a multi-media story map to tell the tale of this eventful day. Hundreds of thousands of trees were lost or damaged. Homes and buildings

Camp Landsat Counts Down to the Landsat 9 Launch

By iowaviewAugust 2, 2021Activity, Announcement, Education, Event, Game, Imagery, Landsat, NASA, Outreach, Resource9 weeks of summer camp fun, A postcard from camp, Camp Landsat, Count down to the Landsat 9 Launch, crafts, Explore, games, Landsat earth science, NASA, September 2021, Week 1: Rocks and Rivers, Week 2: Farms & Food, Week 3: Beaches & Reefs, Week 4: Forests, Week 5: Cities & Suburbs, Week 6: Fires & Floods, Week 7: Ice & Climate, Week 8: Health & Wellness, Week 9: Flora & Fauna

Each week NASA’s Landsat Science team will explore a unique aspect of Landsat earth science (see themes below). Weekly features include Landsat related crafts and games, revisiting each sequential Landsat mission as well a weekly postcard from camp. Stop by each week of camp to explore a new theme.

#ConnectedByEarth – Earth Day 2021!

By iowaviewApril 22, 2021Activity, Earth Day, Education, Event, Imagery, NASA, Phenology, Remote Sensing, Resource#ConnectedByEarth, Bee Connected, Earth Day 2021, Jenny Mottar, NASA

This year NASA’s Earth Day theme is #ConnectedByEarth. Visit the NASA Earth Day Poster website to watch a short video about the inspiration for the poster and discover the gems hidden within the poster. Download your copy of the poster to learn more about bees and our natural world.

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