Earth’s Shining Upper Atmosphere — From the Apollo Era to the Present
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Compare views of Earth's shining ionosphere: the Apollo 16 photo taken in 1972 is at left, and an image from GOLD data visualization is at right. The perspectives differ slightly because while the Apollo photo...
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Compare views of Earth's shining ionosphere: the Apollo 16 photo taken in 1972 is at left, and an image from GOLD data visualization is at right. The perspectives differ slightly because while the Apollo photo... First Release of Data from GOLD
Data from GOLD are now available from the GOLD Science Data Center (SDC). The L1C (spatial-spectral image cubes), L1D (“Quicklook” - thumbnail images and plots) data and relevant information about these data can be accessed under “DATA” near the top of the page.
The Quicklook data allow... GOLD Captures Its First Image of the Earth
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Shown here is the “first light” image of ultraviolet atomic oxygen emission (135.6 nm wavelength) from the Earth’s upper atmosphere captured by NASA’s GOLD instrument. It was taken at approximately 6 a.m. local time, near sunrise in eastern South America. The colors correspond to...
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Shown here is the “first light” image of ultraviolet atomic oxygen emission (135.6 nm wavelength) from the Earth’s upper atmosphere captured by NASA’s GOLD instrument. It was taken at approximately 6 a.m. local time, near sunrise in eastern South America. The colors correspond to...