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English: This very colorful, ‘70s-looking image is a contoured sea-surface temperature map of the Southern Hemisphere created from Improved TIROS Operational Satellite (ITOS) data from September 6-8, 1970. At the center of the image is Antarctica, and the colored rings surrounding it represent the temperature of the Southern Hemisphere ocean in 5-degree Celsius increments. ITOS-1 inaugurated the second generation of a space-based system to provide continuous, day-to-day observations of Earth's weather systems. The satellite flew in a polar, sun-synchronous orbit and had an operational life of 510 days, taking more than 100,000 images of Earth. |
| Date | Taken on 7 September 1970 |
| Source | Southern Hemisphere Sea Surface Temperatures, 1970 |
| Author | NOAASatellites |
| Flickr set | Five Decades from Above |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700829562. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark. |
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.
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