What Was New at Virtually Hawaii in 1996
December
December 16: Learn how you can help Virtually Hawaii protect the
spectacular southeast coastline of Oahu by taking the
Virtual Field Trip along the Ka Iwi Coast.
December 9: We have added a new, virtual
Walking Tour of Honolulu.
December 4: We have moved the live video camera that looks up
Manoa Valley where the University of Hawaii is located. The new camera gives
you the same view of Manoa Valley that the Virtually Hawaii
Principal Investigator has every day from his apartment
balcony! (This camera is no longer supported.)
November
Nothing new this month.
October
October 8: We have a new camera installed at our
Sunset Beach location. (This camera is no longer supported.)
September
September 30: Replaced the third image on
Page 6
of the
Remote Sensing Tutorial
September 9: Completed a new
Remote Sensing Tutorial
to help our visitors better understand where remote sensing images
come from and why they look like they do.
September 9: Added 15 new images to the
Remote Image Navigator
for the Big Island.
August
August 2: Completed the virtual field trip around
Kaneohe Bay
on the island of Oahu.
July
July 10: Added two new SIR-C images of
Kohala
and
Mauna Kea
(both on the big island) to the Image Navigator.
June
June 3: Replace the black and white SIR-C image of Honolulu in
the image navigator with a new
full color image.
May
May 28: Added a new under water virtual field trip called
Pele Meets the Sea
that explores the ocean entry point for active lavas from Kilauea
Volcano.
April
Nothing new this month.
March
March 6: In an effort to make more NASA satellite data available,
we now have links to the TOPEX pathfinder dataset as part of our
Ocean Atlas of Hawai'i.
February
February 26: Added a new Virtual Field Trip to
Kaneohe Bay
on north shore of Oahu.
February 26: Added some additional stops to the
Virtual Field Trip of Southeast Oahu
.
February 14: Replaced
SIR-C image of Maui
with a new high resolution fully processed SIR-C image.
January
January 22: The Satellite Oceanography Laboratory (who
serves up our real-time satellite data) added the
Ocean Atlas of Hawaii
,
which contains a discussion of currents, tides and waves
in Hawaii.
January 19: Added a video fly-by of the
Big Island
. Come fly with us!
January 8: Added a new real time video camera at
Sunset Beach on Oahu. (This camera is no longer supported.)
January 2: Added three new quizzes for the
Big Island
,
Chain of Craters Road
, and
Southwest Oahu
Virtual Field Trips.
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Curator: Lori Glaze