EP 67 · 0:00

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From Mapping Humanity From Space: NASA’s Black Marble with Dr. Miguel Román

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0:00For a lot of people, it meant that you could track things like energy access, >> right? >> You can track disasters. And at the time, we didn't know how powerful this tool was going to be uh for many different organizations. And I put Puerto Rico on just like I do every day. I drink my cafe and I'm going to look at Puerto Rico and I had to look three times. And my hard jump because it had disappeared. Made me go on a John Deere tractor, turn on the lights, and they detected the lights from space. >> No way. >> I can show you. Guess way.

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  1. EP 67

    Mapping Humanity From Space: NASA’s Black Marble with Dr. Miguel Román

    NASA scientist Miguel Román on Black Marble: how a weather satellite came to map Ramadan, blackouts and energy access from space.

    Mapping Humanity From Space: NASA’s Black Marble with Dr. Miguel Román

Remote SensingEarth ObservationEnergy AccessOpen Data