Images

This Landsat 8 images displays the Tiwi Islands. 

The Tiwi Islands are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, north of Darwin in the Timor Sea. They are comprised of the islands of Melville and Bathurst, and nine smaller, uninhabited islands. 

In 2008 Landsat data became accessible to all users at no cost. This graphic displays the primary uses of Landsat data by volume. 

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page.

This graphic displays the millions of downloads of Landsat Level-1 data from the USGS EROS Center since the Landsat archive was made available for download at no charge in 2008. 

As of March 2024, over 201 million Level-1 data have been downloaded. 

In 2008 Landsat data became accessible to all users at no cost. This graphic displays the primary uses of "unique users" of Landsat data. 

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page.

In November 2023 the Svartsengi volcanic system awakened after almost 800 years with a series of earthquakes that opened large cracks in the on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula.  An eruption on December 18th spewed lava away from the nearby coastal town of Grindavik, but the January 14, 2024 eruption sent lava directly toward the town.

Visit https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-next to learn more about the Landsat Next Mission. 

This image displays the planned orbit of Landsat Next's Three Satellites. To learn more, visit the Landsat Next webpage. 

Visit the Landsat Next webpage for more information on the planned 2030 mission. 

This image shows the spectral bandpasses for the sensors on all Landsat satellites. 

Fractional cover of Olifants River, Koekenaap, South Africa, with 3-month intervals captured in 2020 processed by Digital Earth Africa with legend showing the RBG (Red-Blue-Green) breakdown. Image credit: Geoscience Australia

Ministry of Agriculture staff in Zambia mapping and analyzing crop production. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

Timon Weitkamp and the team collecting field data on irrigation techniques in Mozambique. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

The GAIMS agricultural data mapping platform using data from DE Africa’s Monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) service within an integrated platform. Image credit: Geoscience Australia

2024 Pecora Award image for upcoming award nominations. Dr. William Thomas Pecora, Director of the USGS. Served from 1965-1971, also served as Under Secretary of the Interior. 

This table shows the Landsat 8-9 Collection 2 Quality Assessment pixel (QA_PIXEL) Value Interpretations. QA_PIXEL Band file contains quality statistics gathered from the image data and cloud mask information for the scene.

In a September 21, 1966 press release, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall announced that the DOI was launching "Project EROS (Earth Resources Observation Satellites)." Udall's vision was to observe the Earth for the benefit of all. 

Number of scenes acquired by the Landsat 7 Extended Science Mission from May 5, 2022 - January 19, 2024. 

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network met for the Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG) #32 meeting in Orlando, Florida USA during the first week of February.

Here is an illustration of the 14 receiving stations that make up the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 USGS Ground Networks. Learn more about the International Ground Station (IGS) Network here.

The Okavango Delta in Botswana, one of the world’s great inland waterways, is an UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.  

Landsat 7 Image of the Southern Fringe of the Rub' al-Khali Sand Desert near Al-Hashman, Oman. This gap-filled image was captured on January 18, 2024 and is shown using the shortwave infrared, near infrared and red bands (Bands 5|4|3).

To learn more about the Landsat Program visit www.usgs.gov/landsat