NASA, Japan make 2.95 million satellite Earth images free

All Earth imagery – consisting of more than 2.95 million individual scenes — from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 has now been made available to users everywhere at no cost , NASA announced on Friday. “The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year database for Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument, which images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet,Â” the US space agency said in a statement. More

(Source: The Siasat Daily - Apr 4)