Why Create an Infrared Yellowstone Site?

Why did NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and its Spitzer Science Center (SSC) create an Infrared Yellowstone Web Site?

Part of IPAC/SSC's mission is to conduct education and outreach efforts aimed at students, teachers and the general public. Although our specialty is infrared astronomy, we feel that a first step in understanding the infrared universe is to learn what the world around us looks like in the infrared and to understand the unique knowledge that can be gained by viewing our world in a different light.

Infrared Yellowstone was created after we realized how fascinated students were with the infrared images that we took of the world around us. These infrared images always seemed to spark interest in learning more about infrared light. The Infrared Yellowstone website is not only a valuable teaching tool, but also provides a gateway to learning more about infrared light and the infrared universe.

To see additional infrared images of the world around us visit Our Infrared World Gallery

To learn more about the infrared universe visit our Infrared Astronomy Tutorial

To see the best infared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope and other infrared missions visit our Infrared Legacy Gallery