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Jewel, a singer-songwriter and visual artist, used data from NASA's ECCO ocean model in her latest artwork!
Check out these videos on social media where Jewel describes the piece as a ‘giant instrument that the ocean plays in real time.’ She used data from NASA’s ECCO, an ocean model based on data from satellites and floating ocean sensors.
NASA’s science data is freely available for anyone, anywhere in the world to use. That means scientists and policy-makers, but it also means artists like Jewel—or even you!
What will you create with NASA data?
Want to learn more about this collaboration? In this AGU TV feature, Jewel and Chelle L. Gentemann from NASA Headquarters share how NASA’s data became the foundation for a creative project that turns science into sound. Jewel walks through how she interprets scientific information musically, while Chelle explains why NASA partnered with an artist and how specific data sets were chosen for this collaboration. Together, they explore why using music to communicate science matters, who this work is meant to reach, and how turning data into art can help connect people to science in new and unexpected ways—reflecting AGU's theme, "Science Connects Us."