Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Landsat 7 captured this image of center-pivot irrigation (green circles) in the Saudi Arabian desert in 2000. Images taken of the same location over several decades show the explosive increase of irrigated land over time, as hidden reserves of water have been tapped beneath desert sands to grow grains, fruits, and vegetables.

A 1999 video on the NASA EOS TERRA Satellite Launch NASA EROS - Part 1
 

A 1999 video on the NASA EOS TERRA Satellite Launch NASA/EROS - Part 2
 

A 1999 press conference on the launch of the NASA EOS TERRA satellite
 

A 1997 presentation on the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive, led by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
 

A video from October 1994, updating progress on the building addition at USGS EROS.

A 1994 video on the construction of a building addition at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
 

A video form 1994 outlining the USGS EROS building addition.
 

A scene along a road in Senegal, photographed in 1994 by U.S. Geological Survey Scientist G. Gray Tappan as part of his work on West African land cover. Tappan photographed the scene again in 2004. Rephotography of multiple areas over three decades informed the work published in the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center book "

The first all hands at EROS, led by Dr. Donald Lauer in 1992
 

A video showing the installation of the Domsat antenna at the USGS EROS Center in 1990.