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Author Archives: Doug White
Demobilization and Remobilization of the Hugh R Sharp
Summer is an especially busy time for research vessels. The UNOLS fleet is making increasing use of containerized portable lab vans to shave some time and effort off of offloading the science party from one cruise and loading up the … Continue reading
Posted in Research Vessels/Ships, Science and Technology
Tagged Research Vessel, RV Hugh R Sharp, UD, UNOLS
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It’s all about the E-Lec-Tricity
We had a gentleman named Matthew Vest come to the GVis lab the other day to show off his do-it-yourself creation. He was looking for information on whether he might be able to showcase it at the upcoming Coast Day … Continue reading
Hurricane Katia Footprints
The ORB Lab was having a meeting in the GVis Lab this week and, as usual, the East Coast US 8-Day Averaged Sea Surface Temperature overlay was up on the screens. Dr. Oliver pointed to the screen and noted that … Continue reading
Posted in Outreach, Satellite, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged Google Earth, IOOS, MARACOOS, NASA, NOAA, ORB Lab, UD
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NASATweetup Mission Accomplished
Welcome Home Flat Samantha! Everything has finally come full circle and Flat Samantha is once again re-united with her creator Samantha. Calling @FlatSamantha‘s trip a “circle” might be a bit of a misnomer however as she has had a wild … Continue reading
Timelapse of a Day in the ORB Lab’s GVis Room
I was showing the students how to operate the “birdcam” so they can use it to record a series of stills to create a time lapse video of an upcoming research cruise on the RV Hugh R Sharp. We left … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Outreach, Science and Technology
Tagged Birdcam, ORB Lab, timelapse, UD
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Endeavour (STS-134) Launch Photos
This is a gallery of the launch photos that I took in the ~20 seconds that we had between ignition and the space shuttle Endeavour disappearing into the clouds. I’ll set up an outside gallery of all of the 300+ … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Outreach, Science and Technology
Tagged Endeavour, NASA, NASATweetup, Space Shuttle
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DeepZoom of Endeavour on the Launch Pad
(The image above is dynamic and zoomable, play around with it some. Mouse over it and use your scroll wheel, click and drag around on the image, or click the plus and minus buttons, even go full screen with the … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, IT Stuff, Outreach, Science and Technology
Tagged DeepZoom, Endeavour, IT, NASA, NASATweetup
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