Have you ever looked at a large painting up close? It is a blur of large colors and shapes, until you step back and can see the whole picture. In a way, that is what NASA's Earth Science Projects Division does. From space we can study all of the elements of our home planet, from a broader perspective than we can on Earth. The ESPD Satellites are constantly aquiring imagery and taking measurements so that we understand and can predict what will happen in the future. Storms, forest fires, and atmospheric changes are observed as well as erosion and city development. The effects of the melting glaciers, due to global warming, can also be observed. Our Earth is constantly changing, and NASA will monitor those ongoing changes.

Fun For Kids ! Science, Optics and You View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth until you reach a tree. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world. + Journey through the Galaxy and into the Earth. Amelia & Echo Explore the world with these adventures. + Amelia the Pigeon + Echo the Bat! "What on Earth?" Ready for the challenge? Test your knowledge of Earth Science with our classic trivia game. Feeling a little rusty? Check out the content-rich sections on our site, all of the answers can be found here! + Play "What on Earth?"!! Droplet and the Water Cycle Experience the adventures of Droplet, the water molecule, as he enters the great water cycle - condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and evapotranspiration. + Play the Game!

Special Features "The Blue Marble" This spectacular "blue marble" image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations from Terra's MODIS instrument, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. + Blue Marble @ Earth Observatory + Blue Marble @ Visible Earth NASA's Hurricane Resource Page Get the latest news and information on the hurricane seasons. + Go to Web Site Fire Detection with False-Color Images Build a composite false-image of a scene of the Amazon rainforest using 3 of the fifty bands provided by the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) Compositer. Learn how various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum can be combined to show things that the normal human eye can't detect. In this case it's the difference between fire, smoke, and clouds. + Build your own fire composite Ozone Hole Watch Check on the latest status of the ozone layer where Aura instruments are monitoring. + Go to Web Site

Media Resources

+ Project Science: News Media Includes media directories and the science writers' guides for various Earth observing programs. + Go To Site + Scientific Visualization Studio The SVS works closely with scientists in the creation of visualization products, systems, and processes in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and Space Science research activities. + Go To Site + NASA Media Resources NASA's page for the press and media. Includes press releases, breaking news, fact sheets, and imagery. + Go To Site