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One (Small) Phone Call, One Giant Telescope for Humankind

7/26/2022

The call came in at 4:55pm on a Friday – never a good sign. The customer was part of the NASA team that was diligently working to get the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) properly tested in advance of its launch. The voice on the other end of the phone got my attention. “This is urgent! We've got a problem down here in the... Read More >

Displaying the New James Webb Space Telescope Images in IDL and ENVI

7/22/2022

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest optical telescope in space, and as space science enthusiasts know, the first images from the Telescope were released to the public on July 12, 2022. What may not be known to many, though, is that some datasets from James Webb are already available to be downloaded by the general public... Read More >

Predicting Landslides Using SAR Data

7/19/2022

Overview The movement of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates puts continuous stress on the Himalayan mountains, rendering certain areas weak and making them prone to earthquakes and landslides. The area’s monsoon season compounds the issue as heavy rains contribute to subsidence, leading to slope erosion that when triggered by... Read More >

Automating SAR Intensity Analysis

7/5/2022

In my 20+ years at NV5 Geospatial, I’ve worked with a lot of different data types and modalities, but not much with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). That is until the last couple of years, when I have seen a growing interest in SAR data that I attribute in part to freely available Sentinel-1 data as well as more commercial,... Read More >

The Shockwave Heard Around the World

5/10/2022

GOES-16, GOES-17, and Meteosat-8 Image Animation of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption’s Atmospheric Wave Following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022, I was inspired by some of the data products and visualizations that were initially published online. In... Read More >