The first Palm Island constructed was Palm Jumeirah, and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite observed its progress from 2000 to 2011.

This false-color image was acquired on January 11, 2012, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer aboard the Terra satellite.

This perspective image was assembled from data acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite on April 9, 2003.

One of the satellite's six instruments, Aster - short for the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer - is in essence a supercamera, capturing 14 wavelengths of light ranging in wavelength from thermal heat through the visible.

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), an Earth orbiting instrument on the Terra spacecraft, has used a similar approach to map the distribution of minerals on Earth.

This perspective view of Salzkammergut was acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite on June 22, 2003.

Museums, art galleries, palaces, and botanical gardens are at the heart of the city, pictured here in this Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) image from July 5, 2000.

ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer)

The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite observed the islands of central Franz Josef Land on August 16 and 19, 2011.

This image was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite.