Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
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Dapaong, Togo
photograph of landscape and dwellings near Dapaong, northern Togolese Republic
Niger River - 2004
The Niger River, as seen from Niamby, Niger, photographed in 2004 by U.S. Geological Survey Scientist G. Gray Tappan as part of his work on West African land cover. Tappan photographed the scene again after a flood in 2012. Rephotography of multiple areas over three decades informed the work published in the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center book "
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Niger River - 2012
The Niger River, as seen from Niamby, Niger, photographed after flooding in 2012 by U.S. Geological Survey Scientist G. Gray Tappan as part of his work on West African land cover. Tappan previously photographed the scene in 2004. Rephotography of multiple areas over three decades informed the work published in the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center book "
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Expanding Suburbs
A scene at the edge of a suburban housing development and farmland in Frederick County, Maryland.
2009 Landsat 5 25th Anniversary
A video celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Landsat 5.
Landsat: Mt. Redoubt
Landsat 5 image of the Mt. Redoubt area on March 26, 2009 at 1:07 PM AKDT. The false color image shows the large brown ash cloud extending over the Cook Inlet and the western Kenai peninsula (right sid of image). The image also shows a whiter steam and gas plume rising from the summit of Redoubt Volcano (near upper center). Dark lahar deposits extend north from the summit
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Comparison of Aerial Photo and LiDAR Image
Comparison of color aerial photography with airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) imagery in an area west of Lake Tahoe, California. (A) Color aerial orthophoto for part of range front along eastern base of Mt. Tallac with geomorphic features obscured by dense forest cover. (B) Same scene, first-return LiDAR imagery. (C) Same scene, last-return (bare-earth) LiDAR
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EROS in Action - Landscapes of West Africa with Gray Tappan
Gray Tappan and Francis Dwomoh discuss Landsat's contribution to the studies they have conducted regarding landscape changes in West Africa.
An Idea That Worked
On September 21, 1966, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall issued a press statement stating his belief that "the time is now right and urgent to apply space technology towards the solution of many pressing natural resources problems being compounded by population and industrial growth." This video provides a sense of America's long-term commitment to conservation,
Jay Feuquay Memorial
A 2006 memorial for former Land Imaging Program Director Jay Feuquay.