GPM Completes First Dry Run
GPM Completes First Dry Run
The silver disc and drum (center) is the GPM Microwave Imager, and the large block on the base is the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. The tall golden antenna is the High Gain Antenna for communications.
Three Bolts, by Brian Allen
Date and Location:
September 1, 2012
Arlington, Virginia, looking towards Washington DC
How this Photo was Taken:
“This photo was taken on September 1, 2012 in Rosslyn, Arlington, VA, US, using a Canon EOS REBEL T1i camera.
Wall of Dust, by Meggan Wood
Date and Location:
July 5, 2011
Maricopa, Arizona
How this Photo was Taken:
“This photo was taken in a wash that runs through my neighborhood in Maricopa, AZ. The wash runs north/south through the neighborhood and the haboob (type of intense dust storm) was rolling in from the east.
It was taken on 7/5/11 in the afternoon, not long before sunset.