The Highs and Lows of Earth
Explanation:
What's up on planet Earth? A truly global answer
has now been created by the
Global Land One-km Base Elevation (GLOBE) Project.
Pictured above is the best digital elevation map yet created for our
home planet,
a map it took over ten years to make that
incorporates data provided by
many different countries around the
world.
The
relief map is color coded with sea level shown in black,
relatively low areas shown in green, higher areas shown in brown,
and the highest areas shown in white.
Can you find your
hometown?
Clicking on
the map will bring up a higher resolution version.
Even
more detailed versions are also available.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
