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To: Joe Copia who wrote (25144)	1/11/2003 11:39:22 AM
From: Dwayne Hines	Respond to of 25711

EDIS - upcoming special on Discovery Channel on Jan. 20th, should give this stock a good push: Earth Search's Hyperspectral Technology to be Featured On Discovery Channel On January 20 Tuesday January 7, 9:00 am ET TV Show Demonstrates Technology's Effectiveness in Preventing Deaths From Volcanic Eruptions KALISPELL, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2003-- Earth Search Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB:EDIS - News), announced that on January 20, the Discovery Channel, during primetime, will air a one hour documentary on volcanoes featuring the aerial mapping of an active, live Ecuadorian volcano using Earth Search Sciences' hyperspectral remote sensing technology. Earth Search Sciences chairman Larry Vance said a world-renowned team of volcanologists flew over an active volcano in Ecuador, demonstrating that analysis of Earth Search Sciences' hyperspectral imaging data could help prevent deaths when volcanoes erupt. The show will air on January 20th. The precise time and channel will be available in local TV guides. The documentary will be aired many times after the 20th around the world. The Discovery Channel has launched a major promotional campaign for the special volcano segment. The show was prepared from a study conducted in November, when an Earth Search crew and a team of scientists headed by State University of New York at Buffalo Professor Michael Sheridan flew the company's Probe-1 sensor over Ecuador's towering 15,000-feet-high Tungurahua volcano. Using the hyperspectral data combined with a 3-D visualization system developed by Professor Sheridan, Earth Search and State University at Buffalo scientists were able to produce maps, which predict the likely paths of destruction from an eruption. Vance said that civil authorities around the world could use this new system to map areas around active and potentially active volcanoes to determine how lava flows and mud flows from the volcano will affect residents, and to determine the safest route out of the region should evacuation become necessary. Professor Sheridan is working on this project with Earth Search and volcanologists Menard Hall and Patty Mothes of the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School in Quito, Ecuador. "This is the first time that people will be able to see on television the effectiveness of using hyperspectral information for any crisis," said Vance. "Thanks to our hyperspectral capability, the world can receive timely information on the path of lava flows, the likely places other than the crater where an eruption may occur, the possible distribution of harmful ash and the potential for mudslides from melting snow and ice. This may be able to help save people's lives." The Earth Search Sciences sensor Probe-1 gathers detailed data about solar energy absorption and reflectance on a volcano's surface. From that information, the scientists can identify the mineral composition of analyzed areas, revealing, for example, if certain spots are altered or composed of fresh rock. Areas of altered rock are weaker and have potential for collapsing and generating destructive, high-speed debris flows. The system to be used in this study allows for the simultaneous visualization and integration of data, which can be overlaid on digital topographic models, then rotated and analyzed. Earth Search Sciences plans to offer its hyperspectral imaging capability as a cutting edge tool in mapping hazardous volcanic zones on an ongoing basis around the world. About Earth Search Sciences, Inc. Kalispell, Montana-based Earth Search Sciences is a leading commercial provider of the revolutionary hyperspectral surveying technology. While existing satellite and remote sensing technology provides the ability to identify objects primarily by shape or broad-band spectral response, revolutionary hyperspectral imaging, by measuring the degree of spectral reflectance of solar energy across the spectrum, permits the identification of materials by their diagnostic reflectance patterns, providing more accurate and detailed information than ever before available. Earth Search Sciences hyperspectral information products can be used for a variety of resource, environmental, and security applications. Earth Search Sciences, Inc. wants to acknowledge all of the support given by Eagle Creek Aviation Services, Inc. located in Indianapolis, IN to make this project a success.