
ALT Screenshot of OpenAltimetry. True-color image of North Africa and the Strait of Gibraltar. Four green lines (2 on left; 2 on right) indicate orbital track of ICESat-2 satellite. Colored dots on top of the lines indicate available data. OpenAltimetry toolbars are on the left and right sides of the image and an image scale is in the lower left side. The NASA logo is on the lower right side. Credit: OpenAltimetry.
The Story of ICESat-2 (From 'Leaders in Lidar')

ALT A white graph, with relative height in meters on the Y-axis and latitude in degrees on the X-axis. The Y-axis starts around 290 meters and runs to 370 meters. The X-axis starts at 33.5260 degrees and runs to about 33.5295 degrees. The graph features a few green lines, each created by tiny green pixel dots very close together. From 33.5265 to about 33.5270 degrees, the green line is flatly horizontal just below 300 meters. Where this line leaves off, a green sloping line forms a hump near the center of the graph, until about 33.5287 degrees. The humps edges are about 335 meters high and its apex is about 350 meters high. This is the corner of the stadium dome. Where the dome’s edge ends, a short, flat green line runs until about 33.5390 degrees at about 320 meters. Finally, the flat line representing the ground picks back up and runs at just below 300 meters to the end of the X-axis.

ALT A labelled satellite map of Glendale, Arizona, which looks like a grid of browns with little pixels of house roofs and bigger white shapes of buildings. There's a white square drawn around an white oval, labelled State Farm Stadium. An inset shows a closer view of the stadium, in grey tones, with a neon green line passing over the northwest corner of the building's roof. This is labelled 'Portion of ICESat-2 overpass.'
Leaders in Lidar Series Promo (16:9)
In this series, we dive into the legacy of Goddard's lead role in developing laser altimetry, which has revolutionized the way we map our planet, the Moon and other planets.



































