Friday, April 5, 2013

Radar plane scans volcanoes, archaeological sites
[ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:34:33 GMT ]
By Becky OskinLiveScienceNASA's globe-trotting, remote-sensing plane wrapped up a month-long trip to Central and South America in March, returning with images of volcanoes, Amazon floods and archaeological sites.The small Gulfstream-III passenger plane carries a 10-foot-long (3 meters) radar pod, the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar (UAVSAR). The radar scans Earth's surface with ra...

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