The top third of the panel shows four images taken by an ARL Laser Radar (LADAR) Sensor of the Physical Sciences Laboratory in Adelphi Maryland.

The aim was to present LADAR data in a way that easily demonstrates this utility in a 2D presentation. The laser creates a 3D data set that defines a reflectance analysis of the points in space. LCD goggles are used to view the data by combining left and right eye views so that this 3D image can then be viewed stereoscopically from any point on an XYZ axis. The traditional view presents monochrome color digital data. It is difficult to appreciate this information dimensionally in a 2D form. O'Donnell arranged a 3D spectrum coloring scheme with red at the front through violet at the rear to enhance the 2D presentation of this data.

The lower third of the image demonstrates the fusing of Mid Wave and Long Wave Infrared night images of the lab area. These images were taken from the same general location as the LADAR scene with the difference that the truck in the rear is absent.

Farsight

This artwork is a digital collage focusing on remote sensing. An image base was designed from a synthesis of satellite multispectral, airborne hyperspectral and ground based Laser Radar sensors information. Research for this work involved designing a new color coding scheme for LADAR imaging analysis and commissioning three sensor data sets: a Landsat 7 satellite, multispectral view of the Chesapeake Bay area where the Laboratory is based; an airborne hyperspectral view of the laboratory; and a ground base L.A.D.A.R. 3D data set of the Zhal Laboratory building. The coloring of the satellite view which dominates the background was initially based on a spectral cast produced by an interferometer but has, for dramatic effect, undergone a free-form distortion caused by a series of digital filtering techniques. The helicopter featured is the Comanche helicopter.