Images

This is a new image for the Eyes on Earth webpage. To listen to the podcast, visit here: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/eyes-earth

This is a new image for the Eyes on Earth webpage. To listen to the podcast, visit here: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/eyes-earth

Pecora award 2023 flyer announcing call for nominations, due April 15, 2023. This image details the procedure for nominations, eligibility, and privacy statement. Visit this USGS page for eligibility requirements and the nomination process. 

Be mine, Valentine. 

Landsat 9 captured a rare snowfall in China’s Taklimakan Desert on January 18, 2023. This image uses the shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red bands (B 6|5|4) to highlight the stark contrast between the desert sand and the snow-covered dunes. The sand appears reddish, while the snow is blue.

The EROS Center has a long hallway with a rotating globe in the center. Along the walls there are descriptions about the role of Landsat.

This is a bust of Don Kulow, whom the EROS Library is named after.

Visit the library page here.

This is an image of the EROS Library located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visit the library webpage here.

This is an image of the EROS Library located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visit the Library Webpage here.

The EROS Auditorium is frequently used for staff meetings, tours, and other events.

These books are from the USGS EROS Library. Highlighted on the spine of one of the books is Thomas R. Loveland’s name.

This is an image of the EROS Lobby located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Plan your tour at EROS here.

This is a picture of a puzzle piece cut out. Landsat puzzles can be found in the Remote Sensing Classroom: https://eros.usgs.gov/remote-sensing-classroom

The surface of the Earth is always changing. Some changes like earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and landslides happen quickly and other changes, such as most erosional processes, happen slowly over time.  It’s often hard to see these changes from ground level.

This is a logo of "Image of the Week" that can be used for carousel banners. Find these videos produced by the EROS Center here: https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/image-of-the-week

The surface of the Earth is always changing. Some changes like earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and landslides happen quickly and other changes, such as most erosional processes, happen slowly over time.  It’s often hard to see these changes from ground level.

Image of the Week logo for the EROS Center.

At EROS, we highlight new satellite images that feature striking changes to the Earth's surface. Our images come from locations around the world.

Find the Image of the Week here.

In the right wintry conditions, an ice bridge forms between the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait. Theoretically, this is the only place where you can walk from Russia to the United States (and vice versa), however travel between one Diomede to the other is strictly forbidden.  

Nine consecutive rainstorms have poured on California since December 26, 2022, after three years of intensive drought.

This graphic displays the millions of Landsat Level-1 downloads, from 2008 to December 2022.

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page. 

The Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States, is only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide—about 2 ½ times as big as Rhode Island. Even though it is a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico has its own Olympic team. The largest islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands are St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John.