# NASA and USGS Map Geological Content (AFRC 2025 14512 NASA USGS Map Geological Content AVAIL)

: In its third year of data collection, the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx) is using NASA’s high-flying ER-2 aircraft to map geology and minerals across the western United States in May 2025. The ER-2, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, can fly at 65,000 feet – above 95% of Earth’s atmosphere – making it ideal for this kind of science mission. Researchers are using the latest version of the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) instrument, AVIRIS-5, to collect visible, shortwave infrared and thermal infrared data about the surface below. The GEMx mission is a joint effort between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to improve scientific understanding of the region’s geology and natural resources.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 6 min
- By: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_and_USGS_Map_Geological_Content_(AFRC_2025_14512_NASA_USGS_Map_Geological_Content_AVAIL).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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