He was hired by Charles Jackson with whom he had worked earlier. He returned in 1847 as a “full fledged” Geologist. He was so impressed he changed his career plans and sailed to Europe where he studied Geology for the next five years. Being one who never to stay any where too long, Whitney prepared to attend Law School at Harvard when he heard about and attended a lecture by Charles Lyell on Geology. Jackson, a physician-turned-geologist, who was heading a Geological Survey in New Hampshire. After graduation he took on as an unpaid assistant to Charles T. He entered Yale in 1836 studying Chemistry, Mineralogy and Astronomy. He was born on Novemin Northampton, Massachusetts.
Josiah Dwight Whitney was the eldest of 13 children. But in my opinion, he was a pompous ass, out of touch with the (then) emerging revelations of modern science. There is no arguing that Josiah Whitney figures prominently in California’s history. Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S.Josiah Dwight Whitney, (1819-1896). More information about ASTER is available at. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Example applications are: monitoring glacial advances and retreats monitoring potentially active volcanoes identifying crop stress determining cloud morphology and physical properties wetlands evaluation thermal pollution monitoring coral reef degradation surface temperature mapping of soils and geology and measuring surface heat balance.
The broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution of ASTER provides scientists in numerous disciplines with critical information for surface mapping and monitoring of dynamic conditions and temporal change. A joint U.S./Japan science team is responsible for validation and calibration of the instrument and data products. The instrument was built by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. ASTER is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched Dec. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters (about 50 to 300 feet), ASTER images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. The ASTER image was acquired July 14, 2011, and is located near 36.6 degrees north latitude, 118.3 degrees west longitude. This view was created by draping the ASTER image over a Digital Elevation Model produced from ASTER stereo data. Hundreds of western movies have been filmed here in this scenic and rugged countryside, including 12 starring John Wayne. In this 3-D perspective view looking west, created by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, the Alabama Hills appear in the foreground. Whitney, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the west side of Owens Valley, is the highest point in the contiguous United States. Whitney, the Highest Point in the Contiguous United StatesĪt 14,505 feet (4,421 meters) in elevation, California's Mt.
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