See you in Finland
This Picture of the Day contains the answer to the December 2021 EO puzzle game.
It is a land of reindeer husbandry – one of the few places on earth where deer have been domesticated. It is the home of Europe’s only recognized indigenous people. It is the homeland of the ancestors of the “father of satellite meteorology.” Welcome to Scandinavia.
The image above is part of a global combination compiled from data obtained in 2016 by the NOAA-NASA Finland National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Finland NPP) satellite. This night view of Scandinavia was made possible by The Day-night band Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite. The VIIRS was built to be sensitive enough to measure night light emissions and reflections, to distinguish the intensity of lights, and to observe their change.
The satellite is named after Verner Finland, a meteorologist and longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Finland built a flat radiometer which was launched with the Explorer 7 satellite in October 1959. It was the first of several Earth observation devices designed or built by Finland during its five-decade career, and he promoted the study of clouds, weather and the planet. radiation budget. “When I started working on meteorological satellites, no one at the Department of Meteorology seemed particularly interested,” he once said. “But they did not try to hinder the progress of the industry, for which I am forever grateful.”
Although Finland grew up in Minnesota, he was the son of Finnish immigrants from Åland. In Finnish, Finland is the name of Finland.
This winter landscape originates from the Sámi area of Finland (formerly Lapland), which is not far away Oulanka National Park. Acquired the natural color image on January 30, 2014 Operational geographer (WAS) on Landsat 8. At that time, the Sun was only a few degrees above the southeastern horizon, leading to long shady valleys and golden radial contacts at the tops of the mountains. Some of the scenery was probably illuminated by the alpenglow phenomenon, where snow, water and ice in the air reflect sunlight towards the earth, even when the sun is below the local horizon.
The Sámi region extends into parts of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia, and is the ancient home of the Sámi indigenous peoples. About 80,000 to 100,000 Sámi are scattered in four countries, and they have long lived pastoral hunting, gathering and reindeer herding. An estimated 500,000 reindeer live in Scandinavia, most of which are cared for and herded by the Sámi.
According to some historical accounts, the Sámi may have been herding reindeer as early as the 8th century. Although electronic tools and motor vehicles have become part of the current life of a semi-pastoral shepherd, the ancient Sámi languages still play a key role in the husbandry of barren and cold areas. Reindeer and the shepherd units that care for them are central parts of the culture, providing food, tools, clothing and structure for life in the midst of the changing times of Northern Europe.
Joshua Stevens NASA Earth Observatory Images Using NASA / GSFC Black Marble Data, Reto Stöcklin Blue Marble Data, and Landsat Data United States Geological Survey. The story of Michael Carlowicz.