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| Keywords: Aura Eyes Ozone Hole over Antarctica, Image of the Day DVIDS859527.jpg en Launched on a Delta II 7920 rocket on July 15 2004 from Vandenberg Air Force Base California Aura is the third and final major Earth Observing System EOS satellite Aura's view of the atmosphere and its chemistry will complement the global data already being collected by NASA's two other EOS satellites called Terra and Aqua Collectively these satellites allow scientists to study how life land water and the atmosphere work together as a whole system The Aura mission's various instruments will enable scientists to discern subtle chemical interactions and gain better understand how the atmosphere works Aura will also provide information to help policy makers make sound decisions about the future of our world The image above is the first publicly released image from the Aura mission Acquired by the mission's Ozone Monitoring Instrument OMI on September 22 2004 the image shows dramatically depleted levels of ozone in the stratosphere over Antarctica Purple shows areas with very low ozone concentrations as low as 125 dobson units while turquoise green and yellow show progressively higher ozone concentrations To learn more about the mission please read the earthobservatory nasa gov/Library/Aura/ Aura Fact Sheet or visit the aura gsfc nasa gov/ Aura Web site NASA Identifier AntOzone_AOM20040922 2011-07-03 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/859527 859527 2013-02-08 21 28 WASHINGTON D C US PD-USGov Vandenberg Air Force Base Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
