Kite Photos reveal ongoing coal and petroleum coke dumping into the Mississippi River

May: GRN and Clean Gulf Commerce Coalition filed a notice of intent to sue United Bulk for Clean Water Act violations, based on this crucial photo by Scott Eustis. Read more »

Gulf coast Public Labbers prototype spectrometric flare monitoring in Chalmette

October:

Cape Cod Bay Watch monitors construction of a nuclear waste containment area

April in Plymouth, MA: Read more »

Public Lab listed in Best of Kickstarter 2012

"Google Maps integrates images from DIY mapping project" January 2013: Read more »

Mappers in the Northern California chapter measure plant health at Fort Mason

May: Using infrared photography, kites, and a DIY drone, local Public Labbers made a map of photosynthetic activity: Read more »

Mapping invasive species with DIY infrared cameras

July: Using aerial infrared photography, Public Labbers from New England worked to identify invasive species in a lake near Amherst, MA

The Infragram project brings multispectral imagery to hundreds of Kickstarter backers

July: 1,556 backers pledged $71,373 to make DIY plant analysis photography affordable.

Early Infragram cameras hit the streets

September: Infragram DIY Filter Packs begin shipping, enabling over a thousand DIY scientists to analyze plant health.

Public Lab distributed over 3,000 DIY chemical detecting spectrometers

Get one yourself at the Public Lab store

Over 2000 contributors build their own spectrometer and open sourced their data

Find out more at SpectralWorkbench.org

236,946 people from 210 countries visited PublicLab.org

250 DIY aerial maps were published in the Public Lab Archive, and over 1700 people have joined our main mailing list

250 DIY aerial maps were published in the Public Lab Archive, and over 1700 people have joined our main mailing list

Thank you all for a wonderful and incredibly productive year!

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