Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Researchers have now gathered a complete year of PACE data to tell a story about the health of land vegetation by detecting slight variations in leaf colors.
Previous missions allowed scientists to observe broad changes in chlorophyll, the pigment that gives plants their green color and also allows them to perform photosynthesis. But PACE now allows scientists to see three different pigments in vegetation: chlorophyll, anthocyanins, and carotenoids.
The combination of these three pigments helps scientists pinpoint even more information about plant health.
Music: "Natural Perfection," "Drops of Inspiration," "Android," "Tiny Moving Parts," Universal Production Music
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Producers:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Interviewees:
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Videographer:
John Philyaw (eMITS)
Writers:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Editor:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Animator:
Chris Burns (eMITS)
Narrator:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Scientists:
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Animator:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Visualizers:
Kel Elkins (SSAI)
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Researchers have now gathered a complete year of PACE data to tell a story about the health of land vegetation by detecting slight variations in leaf colors.
Previous missions allowed scientists to observe broad changes in chlorophyll, the pigment that gives plants their green color and also allows them to perform photosynthesis. But PACE now allows scientists to see three different pigments in vegetation: chlorophyll, anthocyanins, and carotenoids.
The combination of these three pigments helps scientists pinpoint even more information about plant health.
Music: "Natural Perfection," "Drops of Inspiration," "Android," "Tiny Moving Parts," Universal Production Music
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Producers:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Interviewees:
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Videographer:
John Philyaw (eMITS)
Writers:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Editor:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Animator:
Chris Burns (eMITS)
Narrator:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Scientists:
Morgaine McKibben (SSAI)
Fred Huemmrich (UMBC)
Animator:
Ryan Fitzgibbons (eMITS)
Visualizers:
Kel Elkins (SSAI)
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14850. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14850. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines.
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center:
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