Posted on Apr 18, 2020
APOD: 2020 April 18 - Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth." Albeit that day in the image is August 23, 2018. The imagery is from a combination of Earth-observing satellite and ground-station data. The reds over the Northwest US and Central African continents are due to fires that were active at the time. Sea salt aerosols are in light blue. Dust is in purple. Any analysts out there have an idea what the bright whites are in the Western Sahara and Tibet?
APOD: 2020 April 18 - Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, April 18, 2020 entitled "Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth."
Image: Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth - Model Visualization Credit - NASA Earth Observatory, GEOS FP, Joshua Stevens
This image reminds me of black-light posters from the late 1960's
"Explanation: It was just another day on aerosol Earth. For August 23, 2018, the identification and distribution of aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere is shown in this dramatic, planet-wide digital visualization. Produced in real time, the Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing (GEOS FP) model relies on a combination of Earth-observing satellite and ground-based data to calculate the presence of types of aerosols, tiny solid particles and liquid droplets, as they circulate above the entire planet. This August 23rd model shows black carbon particles in red from combustion processes, like smoke from the fires in the United States and Canada, spreading across large stretches of North America and Africa. Sea salt aerosols are in blue, swirling above threatening typhoons near South Korea and Japan, and the hurricane looming near Hawaii. Dust shown in purple hues is blowing over African and Asian deserts. The location of cities and towns can be found from the concentrations of lights based on satellite image data of the Earth at night."
The Felice Brothers - "Aerosol Ball" (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4ZfWOPATg
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Image: Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth - Model Visualization Credit - NASA Earth Observatory, GEOS FP, Joshua Stevens
This image reminds me of black-light posters from the late 1960's
"Explanation: It was just another day on aerosol Earth. For August 23, 2018, the identification and distribution of aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere is shown in this dramatic, planet-wide digital visualization. Produced in real time, the Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing (GEOS FP) model relies on a combination of Earth-observing satellite and ground-based data to calculate the presence of types of aerosols, tiny solid particles and liquid droplets, as they circulate above the entire planet. This August 23rd model shows black carbon particles in red from combustion processes, like smoke from the fires in the United States and Canada, spreading across large stretches of North America and Africa. Sea salt aerosols are in blue, swirling above threatening typhoons near South Korea and Japan, and the hurricane looming near Hawaii. Dust shown in purple hues is blowing over African and Asian deserts. The location of cities and towns can be found from the concentrations of lights based on satellite image data of the Earth at night."
The Felice Brothers - "Aerosol Ball" (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4ZfWOPATg
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) Col Carl Whicker SPC Woody Bullard SPC Richard (Rick) Henry SPC Randy Zimmerman SGT Steve McFarland SMSgt Lawrence McCarterSSG Franklin Briant SSG William Jones 1SG Joseph Dartey SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Robert George CPT Paul Whitmer Sgt John H. 1SG John Highfill SPC Margaret Higgins 1SG Steven Imerman
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Good "Saturday" Morning Bill. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price thanks for the awesome APOD Photo this morning titled "Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth" Be positive, be resilient, and healthy brother!
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