Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
An artist's concept of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument, which flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Hurricane Lili Heads for Louisiana Landfall
This anaglyph from the MISR instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Hurricane Lili headed for Louisiana on October 2, 2002. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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Snow-Covered Peaks of the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
This anaglyph from the MISR instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the peaks of the Wasatch and Uinta Ranges in Utah. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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Smoke from Station Fire Blankets Southern California (Anaglyph)
NASA's Terra satellite took this anaglyph of several pyrocumulus clouds, created by the Station Fire, visible above the smoke plumes rising from the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles.
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Grímsvötn Volcano Injects Ash into the Stratosphere
NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image of Grímsvötn, the most active of Iceland's volcanoes, which began erupting around 5:30 p.m. local time (1730 UTC) on Saturday, May 21, 2011, east of the capital city of Reykjavik.
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NASA Satellite Finds Earth's Clouds are Getting Lower
This image of clouds over the southern Indian Ocean was acquired on July 23, 2007 was acquired by NASA's polar-orbiting Terra spacecraft.
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Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #25: Western Cape, South Africa
This image of Western Cape, South Africa was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. This image is from the MISR Mystery Image Quiz #25.
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Leaking Oil Invades Louisiana Wildlife Habitats
This image acquired on May 24, 2010 by NASA's Terra spacecraft shows oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig encroaching upon several of Louisiana's wildlife habitats.
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Arizona Wildfires Burn Out of Control
This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Wallow and Horseshoe 2 Fires burning in Arizona. The data were acquired mid-morning on June 7, 2011. Nearly 10 distinct bluish-colored smoke plumes can be seen blowing toward the upper right (northeast).
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Hurricane Alex Disrupts Gulf Cleanup
This view of Hurricane Alex in the western Gulf of Mexico was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite just after noon Central Daylight Time on June 30, 2010.
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Mission Summary
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, or MISR, instrument is one of five instruments aboard NASA's Terra satellite, which is collecting important data on the causes and effects of global climate change. The instrument views the Earth from nine different angles to get a better picture of various atmospheric particles, cloud forms and land surface covers.
During the Terra mission's lifetime, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer has been instrumental in gathering unique views of weather events such as hurricanes and floods, as well as cataloging the effects of air pollution across the globe.
