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View images related to the history of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.

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1980 photo of USGS EROS Center's Landsat MSS and RBV-Holdings
1980 Landsat MSS and RBV-Holdings
1980 Landsat MSS and RBV-Holdings
1980 Landsat MSS and RBV-Holdings

1980 photo of USGS EROS Center's Landsat MSS and RBV-Holdings - EROS History Project

1980 aerial image of Mount St. Helens crater
1980 Mount St Helens WA Post Eruption Crater Aircraft (E-575-99BN)
1980 Mount St Helens WA Post Eruption Crater Aircraft (E-575-99BN)
1980 Mount St Helens WA Post Eruption Crater Aircraft (E-575-99BN)

This aerial photograph was taken in 1980, shortly after Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18. 

Visit the Mount St. Helens USGS Earthshot to learn more and view images before, during and after the eruption. 

1980 image of the USGS EROS computer room
1980 Computer Room
1980 Computer Room
1980 Computer Room

An image of the USGS EROS computer room from 1980 - EROS History Project

An image of the USGS EROS computer room from 1980 - EROS History Project

1980 photo of USGS EROS Digital Image Processing System
1980 EROS Digital Image Processing System
1980 EROS Digital Image Processing System
1980 EROS Digital Image Processing System

A photo from 1980 of the USGS EROS digital image processing system - EROS History Project

Aerial image of USGS EROS in natural color
1980 Aerial Image of EROS Natural Color
1980 Aerial Image of EROS Natural Color
1980 Aerial Image of EROS Natural Color

Aerial image of the USGS EROS Center from 1980, rendered in natural color - EROS History Project

1980 image of a Kreonite Krematic Color Processor
1980 Kreonite Krematic Color Processor
1980 Kreonite Krematic Color Processor
Group of men looking at a map
EROS Training in the Badlands
EROS Training in the Badlands
EROS Training in the Badlands

USGS provides remote sensing science training for visitors. This is a field trip to Badlands National Park.

Man looking through a stereoscope, like large glasses, at satellite images
EROS Training
EROS Training
EROS Training

USGS EROS provides remote sensing science training for visitors in 1979. This is a man using a stereoscope to look at satellite images.

USGS EROS provides remote sensing science training for visitors in 1979. This is a man using a stereoscope to look at satellite images.

Large group of individuals standing near a rocky wall of a hill
EROS Training in the Black Hills 1979
EROS Training in the Black Hills 1979
EROS Training in the Black Hills 1979

USGS provides remote sensing science training for visitors in 1979.

Captured with an Olympus Digital Camera.

Group taking pictures of Mount Rushmore
EROS Training in the Black Hills
EROS Training in the Black Hills
EROS Training in the Black Hills

USGS provides remote sensing science training for visitors. This image shows visitors seeing Mount Rushmore.

Black and white image of China Tsaidam Basin, circa 1979
1979 - China Tsaidam Basin Digitally Enhanced LS2
1979 - China Tsaidam Basin Digitally Enhanced LS2
Solar panel installation - USGS EROS, circa 1979
1979 - Solar Panel Installation
1979 - Solar Panel Installation
1979 - Solar Panel Installation

In 1979 a series of solar panels (covering 10,000 square feet) were installed as a means of lessening the increased cost of heating the building and the hot water used in photo lab processing.

In 1979 a series of solar panels (covering 10,000 square feet) were installed as a means of lessening the increased cost of heating the building and the hot water used in photo lab processing.

Color photo of RCA - DOMSAT installation at USGS EROS, circa 1979
1979 - RCA DOMSAT Installation
1979 - RCA DOMSAT Installation
1979 - RCA DOMSAT Installation

January installation of the RCA Domestic Satellite (DOMSAT).

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