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The Future of Land Imaging

The Future of Land Imaging

The White House has initiated a year-long study called The Future of Land Imaging.

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Eagerly awaiting Landsat 8

Eagerly awaiting Landsat 8

The Earth Imaging Journal recently featured an article about a launch of vital importance to the global Earth observation science community in...

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Tracking Nature's Cycles

Tracking Nature's Cycles

Phenology is the study of recurring biological cycles such as plant budding and animal migrations.

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Forest-cover Loss in Eastern US

Forest-cover Loss in Eastern US

Land-use Pressure and a Transition to Forest-cover Loss in the Eastern United States.

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Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins

Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins

Landsat 7 helps track Antarctica's emperor penguins
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Landsat 5 captures Mt. Redoubt

Landsat 5 captures Mt. Redoubt

On March 1, 2009, Landsat 5 acquired a clear image of the Mt. Redoubt region in Alaska.

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Kingston Fossil Plant Flood

Kingston Fossil Plant Flood

At approximately 1:00a.m. on December 22, 2008, an earthen dam holding a containment pond at the Kingston, Tennessee Fossil Plant gave way, releasing...

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Cyclone Nargis — 2008

Cyclone Nargis — 2008

Landsat satellite imagery, acquired shortly before and after Cyclone Nargis hit the coastal region of Myanamr on May 3, 2008, illustrate the flooding...

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Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

LIMA brings the coldest continent on Earth alive in greater detail than ever before through this virtually cloudless, seamless, and high resolution...

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Georgia Fires

Georgia Fires

The Georgia Fire consisted of two fires, the Sweat Farm Road fire and the Big Turnaround fire.

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Southern California Wildfires, USA - 2006

Southern California Wildfires, USA - 2006

These images show the nearly 11,000 acres affected by the Sierra fire in Orange County, California, in February 2006.

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Hurricane Katrina - Before and After in New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina - Before and After in New Orleans

These Landsat images show the damage that New Orleans, Louisiana, received as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

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