Symbol Exhibit Geo-Cosmos

The Geo-Cosmos floats in a six-story open zone, and is the symbol exhibit of Miraikan, It comes from Miraikan's Executive Director Mamoru Mohri's idea of "wanting to share with people the sight of our beautiful Earth as seen from space."
About 1 million LEDs (light-emitting diodes) cover the 6.5 meter surface of the sphere and enable it to illustrate a wide variety of moving images.

Contents of Geo-Cosmos

* Earth today

Shows the images of the Earth as continuously acquired from multiple weather satellites in stationary orbit. The image is updated every day and allows viewers to look at the Earth up to the Morning of that day.

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* Sea surface temperature

The image was created from data taken by polar-orbit satellite. It is used for observing global climate change, such as the ElNino phenomenon.

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* Carbon monoxide concentration

This shows the concentration of carbon monoxide at the altitude of approximately 4.5 kilometers, as seen by an earth observation satellite.

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* Projection of future global warming

Shows change of temperature in passage of time at 2 meters above ground. The data are based on a simulation from 1901 to 2100.

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* Moon

Geo-Cosmos can display not only Earth, but also other planets and satellite in the Solar System.

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