Name: Beaver Island Archipelago image is featured among NASA's notable 2013 Earth images
Start: 2013-12-27
End: 2013-12-27
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2013-12-27
Kind: Award
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: environmentconservationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2014 Beaver Beacon reports that a Landsat 8 image of the reef between Garden and Hog islands appeared on NBC National Nightly News on December 27, 2013, and in a Wired roundup of NASA’s notable Earth images. The image had previously appeared as a NASA Earth Observatory quiz.

Evidence limits

This record documents the newspaper’s recognition report and the image description; it does not independently verify the broadcasts or rankings.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Photo is One of NASA's top photos of the year," December 28–29, 2013.
A forum participant linked the satellite image and the Chamber promoted it through Friends of Beaver Island, reporting 2,500 views in one hour and 8,400 in 23 hours. These are promotional view counts and do not independently establish NASA ranking or image provenance; the January 2014 Beaver Beacon remains the stronger held source for the recognition account.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2014, "Beaver Island Archipelago Picked as One of NASA's Most Amazing Earth Images of 2013."
Reports that a Landsat 8 image of the Garden–Hog reef appeared on NBC National Nightly News and in Wired's roundup of NASA Earth images, after appearing as a NASA Earth Observatory quiz. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2014, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held January issue scan confirms the image-recognition report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Archipelago image is featured among NASA's notable 2013 Earth images”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-nasa-earth-image-recognition-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Photo is One of NASA's top photos of the year," December 28–29, 2013. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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