{"id":84,"date":"2018-10-15T19:17:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T19:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cl.gsfc.nasa.gov\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:33:21","slug":"rcl-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cl.gsfc.nasa.gov\/","title":{"rendered":"RCL Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"84\" class=\"elementor elementor-84\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3da8b2ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3da8b2ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fc447a6\" data-id=\"6fc447a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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The suite of RCL instruments and sources span the wavelength range from the UltraViolet (UV) through the ShortWave InfraRed (SWIR) (i.e. 234 nm to 3300 nm). 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