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Pixels on Fire
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Patrons learn about how scientists use satellite-data visualizations to detect wildfires from space, and use mobile devices to detect mock wildfires with a pixelation app
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| Add a Tech Twist | Required: A mobile device with a pixelation app, and a computer with internet access and NASA's Eyes Program installed is required for this activity |
| Hints for uses in your library | This activity works best if each group (of 2-4 people) has their own mobile device, but modifications can be made to share devices among groups |
| Related Links |
Press Release: Satellite Sensors would Deliver Global Fire Coverage
SciJinks: Can Meteorologists Help Fight Wildfires? |
| Originating Source | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Related Books [Suggest a book] |
Wildfires by Howard K Trammel
Heat Waves and Wildfires by Joanna Brundle Satellite Imaging of Forest Canopies by Earth Observation |