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By Emily Lakdawalla

Borup Fiord Pass Field Report: Clouds still stymie satellite imaging

Jul. 6, 2006 | 15:46 PDT | 22:46 UTC

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Bob Pappalardo sent me a thumbnail image representing the second attempt of the EO-1 satellite to acquire a multispectral image across the Borup Fiord Pass field site, and though it's slightly less cloudy than the first one, it's still pretty completely covered up:

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EO-1 Hyperion swath across Borup Fiord Pass
The USGS EO-1 satellite acquired a swath of multispectral image data across Borup Fiord Pass on July 1, 2006, at the same time that a field expedition led by Stephen Grasby was examining sulfur springs in the area. Unfortunately, it was a very cloudy day. Credit: USGS

Too bad! They will try again for two more satellite passes, but both will fall after the crew has left the field (which was supposed to happen today or tomorrow).

In the meantime, just to prove that satellites do catch this area without clouds sometimes, here's a link to the Google maps view of Borup Fiord Pass (thanks to Doug Ellison for the link).

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