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In November 2023 the Svartsengi volcanic system awakened after almost 800 years with a series of earthquakes that opened large cracks in the on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula.  An eruption on December 18th spewed lava away from the nearby coastal town of Grindavik, but the January 14, 2024 eruption sent lava directly toward the town.

Fractional cover of Olifants River, Koekenaap, South Africa, with 3-month intervals captured in 2020 processed by Digital Earth Africa with legend showing the RBG (Red-Blue-Green) breakdown. Image credit: Geoscience Australia

Timon Weitkamp and the team collecting field data on irrigation techniques in Mozambique. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

Ministry of Agriculture staff in Zambia mapping and analyzing crop production. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

George Xian, a research physical scientist at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, works in his office.

Based on Landsat Collection 2, NLCD 2023 will offer annual products from 1985 – 2023. Depicting urban growth for the Atlanta area, this animation shows a single Landsat U.S. ARD tile of Anderson Level II land cover classification generated from the latest prototypes.

Pecora Award Winner Russell Congalton is congratulated by EROS Chief of Staff Tim Glynn at Geo Week in Denver. Photo credit: Shado Congalton.

Pecora award 2024 flyer announcing call for nominations, due May 15, 2024. This image details the procedure for nominations, eligibility, and privacy statement. Visit this USGS page for eligibility requirements and the nomination process. 

30 Years of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

The NLCD stands as the definitive land cover database for the United States

An illustration of where to download LCMAP CONUS Reference Data. The Reference Data can be downloaded through ScienceBase.

An illustration od where to download LCMAP COMUS Validation Tables. The table are located on ScienceBase.

This ASTER nighttime thermal image of a volcano near Grindavik, Iceland was captured on January 24, after its eruption that started January 14 had stopped. The background image is an earlier ASTER daytime scene captured on August 15, 2022. ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) is an instrument resulting from a U.S.

This image, displaying a small area of the Sea of Okhotsk shoreline, is one of over 4,000 Landsat 8 Level-1 scenes that were acquired between January 1 and January 6, 2024, and reprocessed on January 12, 2024 with an updated Calibration Parameter file.

USGS scientists collected field data in the Florida Keys in 2023 to evaluate the accuracy of satellite-derived bathymetry, including Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, Jeff Danielson and Dean Gesch. USGS photo

Screenshot of poster created at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center titled "Modeling and Mapping Water Use for Agriculture: Evapotranspiration Modeling and Water Use Mapping."

A model of the Unisphere project on display at the Old Courthouse Museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concept of the project, originally called “Erosphere,” included a science center, farm of the future, visitor center, and space for scientific conventions.

A Landsat 9 satellite image of the San Francisco Bay Area captured on October 29, 2023.

A clear Landsat 9 satellite image of the San Francisco Bay Area was captured on October 29, 2023.

The atrium of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center contains a large revolving globe.

This image shows the Landsat Flight Operations Team monitoring the maneuver in real time.  

This image shows the Landsat Flight Operations Team.