NASA
Photon Phright-day: Ghost Islands
Remote, recently formed (via volcanic eruptions) oceanic 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...
Weatherthings
Grid Waves
Sometimes waves arrive at a beach or shore in the shape of a grid. Here's how that may happen.
NASA
Go Now! Landsat & the Calypso Caper
During the summer of 1975, Jacques Cousteau and his divers helped NASA determine if Landsat could measure the depth of shallow ocean waters. The story of this NASA-led satellite bathymetry experiment unfolds through the photography and...
NOAA
Noaa: Submarine Bathymetry of Pacific Ring of Fire
What would the ring of fire look like if the oceans were removed? This animation, based on data gathered during a Ring of Fire expedition reveals the numerous volcanos which make up this area.