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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."

The radome at the USGS EROS Center houses the satellite dish that receives data from the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites as they pass over. 

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.

This image shows the Landsat flight Operations Team monitoring a pre burn contact, ensuring the satellite is ready for the maneuver.

Fall foliage surrounds the 60-foot radome at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The radome protects the 10-meter Landsat antenna.

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center reception area fills with people for a 50^th anniversary event August 19, 2023.

Large floor puzzles of Sioux Falls and Denver help entertain guests during the 50^th anniversary event August 19, 2023.

Laura Nemec, a contractor at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, guides a tour group at the 50^th anniversary event August 19, 2023. In the background is a display showing the size of the Landsat 9 satellite.

While USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Director Pete Doucette tells the audience a little about the 10^th anniversary festivities at EROS during the August 18, 2023, rededication ceremony, EROS Branch Chief for New Missions Kristi Kline holds up a 10^th anniversary poster from the time capsule and prepares to add a 50

This Landsat 9 natural color daytime image of Petermann Glacier, Greenland, shows the contrast between previous collection in the Arctic circle, which is taken during summer, and new Landsat Extended Acquisitions of the Poles (LEAP) imagery, which collects thermal images even during polar twil

The commemorative poster for the 50th anniversary celebration, in 2023, of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in South Dakota.