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The Earth and Planetary Image Facility is a multi-disciplinary laboratory located in the Department of Geography and Environmental Development at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Our research focuses on the use of remote sensing for a variety of applications and on advancing the development of currently available remote sensing methods. The students in the laboratory come from a variety of academic backgrounds, including geography, electro-optics, geology, electrical engineering, bio-medical engineering, computer sciences, and agriculture.
The laboratory is affiliated with NASA’s Regional Planetary Image Facilities program and hosts an active archive of maps and remotely sensed images from the Solar System.
Cutting edge technologies are used and developed in our research program.
For more information, please feel free to contact Prof. Dan Blumberg: blumberg@bgu.ac.il
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An HRPT receiving Station which allows us to receive real-time AVHRR data from the NOAA-12 and 14, 15, 16 and 17 satellites. In addition, we are able to receive SeaWiFS data from Orbview-2, and FY1C,D images. The receiving station is fully equipped with Linux MEOS receiving station and a Tracking computer. |
Where is the Sun's current position on the Earth right now ?
http://www.epif.bgu.ac.il/sites/default/files/images/xearth.png
The Earth rotates about its polar axis as it revolves around the Sun. Earth's polar axis is tilted 23.5° to the orbital plane (ecliptic plane). Combinations of rotation, revolution, and tilt of the polar axis result in differential illumination and changing illumination patterns on Earth. These changing patterns of illumination result in differential heating of the Earth's surface that, in turn, creates seasonal climatic and weather patterns. In the above, there is a high quality virtual map of the Earth. It shows which areas on the earth are illuminated by the Sun. The bright part of those regions indicate where they are in sunlight and the shadow part of those regions show where they are in darkness. The map projecting here is the Mercator projection.
Powered by Xearth , which is part of Kirk Johnson's original program.
The current earthquake information (yellow circles) is now retrieved from the url
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/finger/quake.asc.