Twisters On Mars

Dust devils occur on Earth as well as on Mars. They are spinning columns of air, made visible by the dust they pull off the ground. Unlike a tornado, a [...]

Ghost Lights from Earth Orbit

A “Ghost Light” is an unexplained luminescent phenomena. That’s how aliens might see Earth if they arrived with no awareness of its civilizations, atmosphere and climate, and magnetic field. Astronauts [...]

Hurricane Katrina at peak intensity: ultra hi-rez

Follow streamers of air into the eye of Katrina. Produced for our giant screen fulldome planetarium show, Dynamic Earth, for global release later in 2011. Sequence by the Advanced Visualization [...]

Planet of Altered States — Avatar Mashup

A mashed up and blended version of a recent series of NASA public service announcements featuring James Cameron and imagery from Avatar. The premise of Avatar, you’ll recall, was that [...]

Cloud Streaks & Ship Tracks

Satellites show air pollution may alter clouds and affect global temperatures. Ship exhaust contributes to this effect by leaving brights cloud trails in clean ocean air. The ship tracks are [...]