Premium Only Content
Photon Phright-day: Ghost Islands
islands in the deep ocean can be studied by satellite lidar altimetry as ICESat2 has been doing, but especially with the satellite lidar bathymetry of the shallows where even ship-based sonars cannot go due to shallow, rough waters. At Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH), the interior crater lake probably represents a vent complex for the tuff cone volcano that erupted over about one month in late 2014 into January 2015, forming the first “surtseyan” island that has survived for more than one year in more than 50 years. This crater lake can now be explored via ICESat-2 satellite lidar bathymetry using precision-targeted transections that can show submarine topography to depths greater than 10 meters. Our raft-based low-resolution sonar sounder depth readings from October 2019 SEA/NASA field expedition to HTHH suggest max depth are 12-15 meters with 1-2 meter vertical errors on these values. The high precision ICESat2 lidar bathymetry measured depths of greater than 10 meters on the inner crater walls and over time could develop a map of bathymetric points to fully characterize the crater without requiring costly and logistically complex field operations at the remote island. ICESat2’s agility in measuring uniquely dynamic and sometimes short-lived phenomena is unique and showcases its contribution to Earth sciences priorities in this era of climate change and sea-level rise. More on ICESat-2: https://nasa.gov/icesat2 Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRWyle) Lead Producer Lead Editor James Garvin (NASA GSFC) Lead Scientist Lead Interviewee Lori Magruder (University of Texas at Austin) Project Support Aimée Gibbons Project Support Cindy Starr (GST) Lead Data Visualizer Music: "Murder Victim," "City of Ghosts," Universal Production Music HTHH island evolution research since 2015 (RRNES supported) by James B. Garvin and Dan Slayback of NASA GSFC. Experimental raft-towed sonar (LOWRANCE) by SEA students and enabled by Columbia Univ. Prof. Vicki Ferrini (Oct. 2019). Additional HTHH remote sensing from Maxar WorldView and CSA’s Radarsat-2 satellites (since 2015 for HTHH). Special thanks to Prof. Lori Magruder of UTx (CSR) for processing so adeptly the ICESat-2 lidar bathymetry. Permission by Kingdom of Tonga to conduct research into the evolution of HTHH as Earth’s newest land. This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13301. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Drone footage used with permission by Dave Sheen and Captain Chris Nolan. Additional volcano stock footage obtained with permission from pond5. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13301. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard
-
25:39
Rethinking the Dollar
1 hour agoBitcoin Captures Investor Appeal: What's next for metals? | Morning Check-In
4.91K1 -
45:10
House Republicans
2 hours agoHouse Republican Leadership to Hold Press Conference Following Republican Election Victories
16.1K2 -
17:46
Dave Portnoy
2 hours agoDavey Day Trader Presented by Kraken - November 12, 2024
52.1K2 -
1:40:11
Graham Allen
4 hours agoTrump Trifecta Is OFFICIAL! Is Biden Stepping Down For Kamala? + Senate RINOs Must Be Dealt With!!
91K42 -
30:47
Matt Kohrs
3 hours agoLIVE! Rumble's Capital City Studios || The MK Show
38.6K4 -
38:46
BonginoReport
5 hours agoAmerica First is Under Attack (Ep.83) - 11/12/24
95.8K219 -
LIVE
Vigilant News Network
15 hours agoVivek Sends Strong Post-Election Message to Democrats | The Daily Dose
1,526 watching -
1:07:42
2 MIKES LIVE
3 hours agoThe Mike Schwartz Show 11-12-2024
13K -
1:41:50
Game On!
12 hours ago $7.63 earnedThe Miami Dolphins FINALLY Win a Prime Time Game!
58.3K -
16:27
This Bahamian Gyal
1 day agoBLACK woman calls MAGA supporter SELLOUT at PISTONS game
52.6K72