Images

This graphic displays the cumulative volume of all operational Landsat products downloaded from the USGS EROS Landsat archive since December 2008 (FY2009). The release of Landsat Collection 2 products in 2020, which improved data quality and accessibility, helped drive downloads upward. 

These images illustrate how Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) data can be used to map and quantify changes in seasonal water‑use patterns (April–September).

This heatmap displays the requests for Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) products from 2020 through 2025.

Visit the Landsat Provisional ETa webpage to learn more. 

The 2025 DOI Remote Sensing Report banner image. 

Visit the 2025 DOI Remote Sensing Report webpage to view the work done by the agencies within the Department of Interior over the past year. 

Western and Eastern region eVIIRS Remote Sensing Phenology Start of Season (SOST) for 2025.

Wildfires ravaged an area in north central Oregon during the summer of 2026. The Rowe Creek Complex was a cluster of wildfires caused by lightning near Fossil, Oregon in July. The fire grew quickly across the landscape of grasslands, brush, and timber, and burned nearly 374,000 acres before it was nearly contained in late August.

This Landsat image from July 23, 2026, shows agricultural fields surrounding Blythe, California, along the Colorado River. The shortwave infrared, near-infrared, and red band combination (Bands 6,5,4) highlights actively growing vegetation in bright green.

This map shows the Landsat Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) for the Blythe area on July 23, 2026. Darker blues represent higher amounts of water transferred from the land to the atmosphere through evaporation and plant transpiration, primarily in irrigated fields and along the Colorado River.

This 2025 Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) land cover image shows a portion of western South Dakota. The Black Hills stand out in green, and the urban area of Rapid City in red at its eastern edge. The Badlands show up as gray hues, and vast range and grasslands fill the area leading over to the Missouri River. 

The complete Landsat Portrait of America poster, shown with the front on top and the back below.

This Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) animation shows the Great Salt Lake area in Utah from 1985 to 2025. Darker blue represents open water, while lighter blues represent wetlands. Shades of green signify various types of forests. Shades of red are developed cities and roads, with darker shades indicating more intense areas of development.

Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) map of the United States with classifications for types of land cover. Produced by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.

The Landsat 8 satellite captured an image showing sea ice packed into Roes Welcome Sound, located along the northwestern edge of Southampton Island and around Qikiqtaaluk Island in the uninhabited Canadian Arctic Archipelago. East of Qikiqtaaluk, ice drifts through the Frozen Strait, extending eastward into Foxe Basin. 

Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Collection 1.2 map of 2025 data, produced at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center based on Landsat satellite data.

Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Collection 1.2 map of 2025 data, produced at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center based on Landsat satellite data.

The USGS Landsat archive holds over fifty years of Earth-Observing satellite data. This animation displays the cumulative number of Landsat scenes since 1972. The colors on the maps show the density of the number of Landsat Level-1 products. 

Timeline of the Landsat program, beginning with the launch of Landsat 1 in 1972. Landsat 10 is expected to launch in 2031. As the tenth Landsat mission, it will continue the legacy of the Landsat program.

Visit the Landsat Missions webpage to learn more.

In a September 21, 1966 press release, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall announced that the DOI was launching "Project EROS (Earth Resources Observation Satellites)." Udall's vision was to observe the Earth for the benefit of all. 

A new Worldwide Reference System, WRS-3, was developed for Landsat 10 due to the change in orbital parameters. The WRS-3 will provide a method to acquire, index, and catalog Landsat 10 scenes.

Landsat 9 captured this image of heart-shaped McCartney Mountain on September 20, 2025. At an elevation of over 8,300 feet, the mountain is the high point of a small sub-range of the Highland Mountains in southwestern Montana. 

This map displays the scenes acquired by Landsat 4, Landsat 5, and Landsat 7 satellites, on the World Reference System (WRS-2). These scenes were initially downlinked and stored at Landsat International Cooperator Ground Stations.