# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BmGhMypgLsm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15343563-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-08-05T15:14:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

This digital mosaic of cloud pictures was taken by the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) 5 satellite on September 14, 1967. It shows more than a dozen storm areas. The picture signals, received in analog form from the satellite, were sampled at short time intervals, and numbers were assigned according to the brightness indicated by the signal. The computer then located each digital value and precise map location. The computer tape containing this information was displayed on a television-like tube (kinescope) and photographed. The result is a mosaic of the Earth as viewed from the north pole. The first ESSA satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 3, 1966.

Credit: NASA

#NASA #satellite #ESSA #weather #nasahistory

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