Portraits of Earth: Tamarisk Invasion

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A large shrub (or small tree) called the tamarisk, or salt cedar, threatens desert environments in North America.

Credits


Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with the NASA Earth Observatory (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/).
 
All images and animations courtesy of NASA and the Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Except:
  • Photos of tamarisk plants courtesy of USDA/J.S. Peterson, USDA/Steven Perkins, and the National Park Service
  • Video pan across field of tamarisk plants near Moab, Utah, courtesy of the National Park Service
  • Written by Bryan Preston
  • Designed by John Godfrey
  • Music courtesy of Associated Production Music

Transcript


All narration is presented in text form within the video. In addition, a full transcript will be available in the Library in the near future. Check back soon!