Top 15 Photographs
of New Jersey
Top 15 Photographs
of New Jersey
In our busy lives, we often take for granted the dynamic changes that are constantly going on around us. These changes go largely unnoticed by us because they occur gradually over time and because most of us do not have a bird's-eye view of the dynamic landscape. Luckily, photographs taken by astronauts allow us to see some of the dramatic changes that occur across the hours of the day and the seasons of the year. Fifteen of the best photographs highlighting some of these features in, above, and around New Jersey are shown below. |
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Sunrise over New Jersey Sun highlighting Delaware River and Atlantic Ocean (22 May 1996, View to East) |
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View to the Horizon Atlantic Coast from Long Island to Virginia (7 November 1994, View to South) |
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Variations across the Landscape Color and texture variations highlight differences across the state (7 November 1994, View to South) |
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The Land/Sea Contrast Yellow-brown earthtones contrast with the blue Atlantic Ocean (15 April 1994, View to Northeast) |
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New Jersey in the Window One of first photographs of New Jersey taken from the Shuttle (March 1982, View to North) |
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Popcorn Clouds above NYC Area Clouds hover while a sediment plume flows toward Sandy Hook (April 2000, View to North) |
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Directly over Central Jersey Developed areas (gray), crops (yellow/green), and forest (black) (13 June 1991, View to North) |
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Southern Jersey and Delaware Bay Farmland (yellow), the Pinelands (black), and Delaware Bay (7 October 1994, View to Northeast) |
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Close-up of the Delaware Water Gap Region The Delaware River cuts through the snow-capped Appalacian Mts. (19 March 2001, View to North) |
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The Appalacians to Cape Cod "Houston, I've got the world in my window" -Michael Collins (April/May 1985, View to East) |
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Continuous Geology The Appalacian Mts cover a wide swath of the US, including NJ (9 June 1991, View to East) |
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A Blustery Winter Day Snow blankets the higher elevations while clouds blow through (Winter 1974, View to Northeast) |
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The Urban/Suburban Transition Urban areas (solid gray) near NYC grade into outlying suburbs (7-19 August 1994, View to West) |
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Lakes, Rivers, and the Coast Sun highlights waterways in northern New Jersey (4 December 1988, View to Southeast) |
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Sunset over New Jersey Sun highlighting waterways around New Jersey in orange (16 September 1991, View to West) |
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All imagery courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. For additional information on NASA Shuttle Photography, goto Shuttle Photography Basics.
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F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) |
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