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SKYTRUTH: THE VIEW FROM ABOVE JOHN AMOS, PRESIDENT ROTARY CLUB OF SHEPHERDSTOWN - JANUARY 11, 2011
SKYTRUTH: THE VIEW FROM ABOVE
JOHN AMOS, PRESIDENTROTARY CLUB OF SHEPHERDSTOWN - JANUARY
11, 2011
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
Images of beauty.
Delta, Madagascar
Images of beauty.
Sand waves, Bahamas
Images of beauty.
Open-pit mine, Peru
Images of beauty.
1986
Images of beauty.
2008
SKYTRUTHSATELLITE IMAGES AND MAPPING TO
INVESTIGATE AND ILLUSTRATE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES• Oil and gas drilling• Coal mining• Hardrock mining• Deforestation / forest change• Urban growth• Pollution• Climate change
SKYTRUTH
501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT INCORPORATED IN 2001• 2 FTE, 6-person Board of Directors, volunteers• Offices in Shepherdstown (Entler Hotel)
PROGRAM FUNDING• Private foundations, donors, fees for services
EXPLORING COLLABORATION WITH SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY• Government grants (NASA)
SKYTRUTH
PROGRAM EXAMPLE
POLLUTION MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT
Katrina – Gulf of Mexico, 2005Montara – Australia, 2009BP / Deepwater Horizon – Gulf, 2010
August 21, 2009: Oil well on the new Montara platform 125 miles off the coast of Western Australia “blows out,” spewing oil into the Timor Sea
Platform is evacuated. Response crews begin to spray dispersant on oil slicks. Conflicting accounts about size, extent, and location of slicks.
SkyTruth provides independent information on the extent and location of slicks
August 30 - Patchy slicks extend across 2,500 square miles
Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling and ProductionStill Pose Risks
John Amos, SkyTruth
Capitol Visitor’s CenterWashington, DC – November 4, 2009
SKYTRUTH AND SHEPHERD
EXPLORING COLLABORATION WITH SHEPHERD• Student partnerships: internships, volunteers,
classroom work• Faculty partnerships: project development and
implementation• Institutional partnership: grant opportunities
(NASA), working with other institutions• Informal teaching opportunities for SkyTruth
