Letโs start with an appetizer. Which would you rather munch on while you wait for dinner to be served?
What does
@NASA have to do with cheese? Corn, soy, alfalfa and other foods for dairy cows all need water to grow.
Some
@NASA Earth satellites measure soil moisture or groundwater, helping farmers understand how much water is available for their plants.
youtube.com/watch?v=ujOrbkโฆNext up! And this is a hard one, we know.
Almost one third of American potatoes are grown in the Snake River Plain in southern Idaho โ aka Idahoโs Potato Belt โ shown in this
@NASA satellite image.
go.nasa.gov/3EXjLTK Let's add some veggies. Which are you choosing?
Astronauts on the
@International Space Station grow vegetables to make space salad.
The ISS also has an instrument called ECOSTRESS that collects thermal data to understand plant stress on Earth!
youtube.com/watch?v=WUEFocโฆFrom space, cranberry bogs look like large red splotches in the surrounding green and brown landscape near Plymouth, Massachusetts.
#Landsat
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150643/โฆ Farms in Turkey's district of Elmalฤฑ (which means "apple") grow 12% of the country's apples!
This photo of the region was taken by the
@NASA @USGS #Landsat 8 satellite.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147125/โฆ Since the best way to enjoy
#Thanksgiving pie is a slice of BOTH apple and pumpkin...
Illinois grows the most pumpkins of any U.S. state by acreage and weight of its harvest. This
@NASA/
@USGS #Landsat 8 image shows a major hub of pumpkin growing and processing.
Thanks for playing! We hope you enjoy all of these foods and more today.
#HappyThanksgiving from
@NASA Earth!