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August 28, 2012 05:11 pm GMT

How NASA Makes Scientific Data Beautiful


Hurricane Katia, seen from orbit.

How do you make education interesting and, more importantly, beautiful? When it comes to the work of NASA, attracting enthusiasts isn't difficult with the usual visuals of bright stars and colorful planets on hand. Look no further than the recent awe over Mars rover Curiosity's high-res pictures to see proof of humanity's fascination with space.

But not all of NASA's data is packaged into a neat little photos. In fact, some of the organization's most important findings about space come back in the form of numbers, beamed in by one of the many satellites orbiting our planet. And this information is brought to life by the Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) -- a team of scientists and…
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