Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Eruption of the Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajokull is Internet Monitored - GeoEye Earth Imagery Featured

The ash cloud drags in the European skies. Google Earth, webcams and satellite images from NASA to track the phenomenon.
While the authorities hope to leave a possible reopening of the airport tomorrow, Tuesday, April 20, the volcano Eyjafjallajokull endlessly spitting a cloud of smoke and ash. Pending a possible lull, users can follow the evolution of this natural phenomenon.
An Icelandic operator, Mila, has installed three web cams nearby to monitor its activity in real time.


Furthermore, the service integrates Google Earth satellite images of the photographs taken by NASA burst. They were collected by the Modis Rapid Response System, which provides daily satellite images of Earth. To access photos of the cloud of smoke produced by the volcano, the user must download a file. Kml available on the Google Blog. On Google Earth are also present high resolution images provided by GeoEye. To view them, simply activate the layer GeoEye Earth Imagery Featured in the left window of the application.


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GeoEye, Inc. is an international information services company serving government and commercial markets. The Company is recognized as one of the geospatial industry's high resolution imagery experts, delivering exceptional quality imagery products, services and solutions to customers around the world. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, the Company has 535 employees, as of December 31, 2009, dedicated to developing best-in-class geospatial information products and services. GeoEye is a public company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. The Company provides support to academic institutions and non-governmental organizations through the GeoEye Foundation (http://www.geoeyefoundation.org). Additional information about GeoEye is available at www.geoeye.com.

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