New Station Crew Watch California Burn

New ISS Crew Watch California Burn

Houston - Oct 29, 2003
The fires in the San Bernadino Mountains, fueled by Santa Ana winds, burned out of control on the morning of Oct. 26, 2003, when this image and several others were taken from the International Space Station.

This frame and image numbers 18086 and 18087 were taken at approximately 19:54 GMT, October 26, 2003 with a digital still camera equipped with a 400mm lens. Lake Arrowhead and Silverwood Lake are left and right, respectively, at bottom frame. Content was provided by JSC�s Earth Observation Lab.

The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help crew members take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet.

EARTH OBSERVATION

GlobeXplorer Signs Deal to Provide Terraserver.com Full Use Of Library

Walnut Creek - Oct 28, 2003
GlobeXplorer has announced an agreement to provide Terraserver.com access and distribution rights to their full library of high-resolution earth imagery. GlobeXplorer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corporation.