The following images and captions are from the JPL Public Information Office. They are radar images from SIRC/XSAR that flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour twice in 1994.
3-D image exhibit is now on-line
A special Volcano exhibit now contains all the
Volcano images from SRL
Comparison images (SRL-1 and SRL-2)
Images from SRL-2 (October 1994)
Images from SRL-1 (April 1994)
SIR-C/X-SAR radars illuminate Earth with microwaves allowing detailed observations at any time, regardless of weather or sunlight conditions. SIR-C/X-SAR uses three microwave wavelengths: L-band (24 cm), C-band (6 cm) and X-band (3 cm). The multi-frequency data will be used by the international scientific community to better understand the global environment and how it is changing. The SIR-C/X-SAR data, in conjunction with aircraft and ground studies, will give scientists clearer insights into those environmental changes which are caused by nature and those changes which are induced by human activity. SIR-C was developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. X-SAR was developed by the Dornier and Alenia Spazio companies for the German space agency, Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (DARA), and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI).