{"id":649861,"date":"2024-04-18T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=649861"},"modified":"2024-04-19T14:47:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T18:47:30","slug":"water-touches-everything","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/water-touches-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Touches Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"This 2024 Earth Day poster is an ocean themed vertical 15x30 illustration created from NASA satellite cloud imagery overlaid on ocean data. The white cloud imagery wraps around shapes, defining three whales and a school of fish. Swirly cloud patterns, called Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Vortices, create the feeling of movement in the composition. The focal point is a cyclone in the upper third of the poster. At the center flies the recently launched PACE satellite. The ocean imagery \u2013 composed of blues, aquas, and greens \u2013 is filled with subtle color changes and undulating patterns created by churning sediment, organic matter and phytoplankton.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=300,188 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=768,480 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=1024,640 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=1536,960 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=2048,1280 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=400,250 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=600,375 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=900,563 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=1200,750 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?resize=2000,1250 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth’s water and covers 70 percent of our planet’s surface. According to the United Nations, the ocean may be home to 50 to 80 percent of all life on Earth. Even if you live hundreds of miles from a coast, what happens in the ocean is fundamental to your life.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jenny Mottar<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Real satellite imagery from NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Landsat missions takes the shape of whales and swirling clouds in the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-day\/earth-day-poster-2024\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Day 2024 poster<\/a>, \u201cWater Touches Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The major ocean basins \u2013 Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern \u2013 shape our planet\u2019s climate and weather by absorbing, storing, and moving heat, water, and carbon dioxide. For nearly five decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/v3dO7PhYas4\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA missions have enabled researchers to observe from above<\/a> and measure changes in the ocean across days, months, seasons, and years. Scientists use our satellite and sub-orbital data and climate models to study ocean dynamics, sea level rise, hydrological cycles, marine life, and the intersections of land and sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9NDKnqxEU14\" rel=\"noopener\">Hear NASA Science Mission Directorate Art Director, Jenny Mottar, explain her inspiration behind this year’s poster concept and design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Jenny Mottar<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real satellite imagery from NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Landsat missions takes the shape of whales and swirling clouds in the agency\u2019s Earth Day 2024 poster, \u201cWater Touches Everything.\u201d The major ocean basins \u2013 Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern \u2013 shape our planet\u2019s climate and weather by absorbing, storing, and moving heat, water, and carbon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":644914,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[11483],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Water Touches Everything","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/water-touches-everything\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/water-touches-everything\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg"},"articleSection":"General","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Monika Luabeya"}],"creator":["Monika Luabeya"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2024-04-18T17:25:07Z","datePublished":"2024-04-18T17:25:07Z","dateModified":"2024-04-19T18:47:30Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Water Touches Everything\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/water-touches-everything\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-04-18T17:25:07Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Monika Luabeya\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"featured_image":{"id":644914,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-earthday-desktop-white-4k.jpg","title":"Water Touches Everything","alt":"This 2024 Earth Day poster is an ocean themed vertical 15x30 illustration created from NASA satellite cloud imagery overlaid on ocean data. 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