NASA · Schema

EPIC Image

An Earth image from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on DSCOVR.

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Properties

Name Type Description
identifier string Unique identifier for the image.
caption string Caption describing the image.
image string Image filename without extension.
version string Version identifier.
date string Date and time the image was taken.
centroid_coordinates object Geographic coordinates of the image center.
dscovr_j2000_position object
lunar_j2000_position object
sun_j2000_position object
attitude_quaternions object
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

epic-image.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/nasa/blob/main/json-schema/epic-image.json",
  "title": "EPIC Image",
  "description": "An Earth image from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on DSCOVR.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "identifier": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the image."
    },
    "caption": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Caption describing the image."
    },
    "image": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Image filename without extension."
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Version identifier."
    },
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time the image was taken."
    },
    "centroid_coordinates": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": { "type": "number" },
        "lon": { "type": "number" }
      },
      "description": "Geographic coordinates of the image center."
    },
    "dscovr_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "lunar_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "sun_j2000_position": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/position"
    },
    "attitude_quaternions": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "q0": { "type": "number" },
        "q1": { "type": "number" },
        "q2": { "type": "number" },
        "q3": { "type": "number" }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["identifier", "image", "date"],
  "$defs": {
    "position": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "x": { "type": "number" },
        "y": { "type": "number" },
        "z": { "type": "number" }
      }
    }
  }
}

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