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Earth access landing page update

docs/index.md

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-# What is `earthaccess`?
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+# Welcome to `earthaccess`!
 
 ![](images/earthaccesslogo.png){alt="hexagonal artwork of a pixalated earth with the word earthaccess" width="20%"}
 
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 `earthaccess` is a python library to **search for**, and **download** or **stream** NASA Earth science data with just a few lines of code.
 
-Open science only reaches its full potential if we have easy-to-use workflows that facilitate research in an inclusive, efficient and reproducible way. Unfortunately —as it stands today— scientists and students alike face a steep learning curve adapting to systems that have grown too complex and end up spending more time on the technicalities of the tools, cloud and NASA APIs than focusing on their important science.
+Get started with exploring and accessing NASA's vast collection of Earth science data. `earthaccess` is a Python package designed to make it easy for you to find, download, and use NASA data.
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+## Get Started
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+Installation: 
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+`pip install earthaccess`
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+Documentation: User Guide, Tutorials, Glossary, How-To Guides
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+## What Can You Do with `earthaccess`?
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+<ADD earthaccess image>
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+- **Search NASA Data**: Explore NASA's extensive collection of Earth science data.
+- **Access Data Easily**: Download data to your local machine or stream it directly into your Python scripts.
+- **Manage Your Credentials**: Easily manage your Earthdata Login and Earthdata Cloud credentials.
+
+## Why Use `earthaccess`?
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+- **Simplify Your Workflow**: Focus on your science, not on complex data workflows.
+- **Increase Efficiency**: Easily access and manage large datasets.
+- **Join a Community**: Contribute to an open-source community effort.
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+## Community
 
-During several workshops organized by [NASA Openscapes](https://nasa-openscapes.github.io/events.html), the need to provide easy-to-use tools to our users became evident. Open science is a collaborative effort; it involves people from different technical backgrounds, and the data analysis to solve the pressing problems we face cannot be limited by the complexity of the underlying systems. Therefore, providing easy access to NASA Earthdata regardless of the data storage location (hosted within or outside of the cloud) is the main motivation behind this Python library.
+- **Contributing Guide**: Learn how to contribute to `earthaccess`.
+- **GitHub Repository**: Explore the `earthaccess` codebase.
+- **Contact Us**: Get in touch with the `earthaccess` team.
 
-The library is an open source community effort under an [MIT license](LICENSE.txt). We welcome contributions to improve `earthaccess`. Please see the [Contributing Guide](contributing/index.md) to learn how to get involved.
+## Credit
 
-***earthaccess*** handles authentication with [NASA's Earthdata Login (EDL)](https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov), search using NASA's [CMR](https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html) and access through [`fsspec`](https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec).
+`earthaccess` is a community-driven project, built on top of several NASA APIs and libraries. We thank the NASA Openscapes team for their support and guidance.