Images

Left: Land surface reflectance natural color composite image (bands 4,3,2); Right: aquatic reflectance Band 2 (Blue band) image of San Francisco Bay, using data acquired by Landsat 8 (Path 44 Row 33) on October 7, 2018

This image shows a false color (bands 7,6,5) nighttime Landsat 8 image of the Taal Volcano overlaid on a daytime Landsat panchromatic black and white image (band 8). The nighttime image from path 220/row194 was acquired on January 15, 2020, a few days after the volcano's eruption.

Landsat 8 image of Phoenix, Arizona, acquired on January 13, 2020 (Path 37 Row 36).  This false color image uses the short-wave infrared, near infrared, and red bands (bands 6, 5, 4) to display the data.

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This map displays Landsat 7 scenes not acquired Dec 17, 2019, due to a choke anamoly on the ETM+ sensor's solid state recorder. 

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The United Kingdom’s Solway Firth is show in these images comparing a natural color Landsat 8 Collection 2 Level-1 product (Bands 4,3,2) acquired on October 2, 2019 (left), and the corresponding Collection 2 Provisional Aquatic Reflectance science product using Rayleigh-corrected Reflectance (RHORC) Bands 4,3,2 (right).

Star dunes, colored red by iron oxide sand, are seen in this Landsat scene from Sossusvlei in Namibia. 

Landsat image of ice caps in northern Savernaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic Islands (80 degrees N.). The scene shows zones of melting on the ice caps. The largest ice cap is about 80 km across. Image courtesy of Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.

This Landsat 8 image "Ice Vortex" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections. 

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This Landsat 8 image "Australian Iron Ore" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections. 

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Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and its restoration and protection is a priority. The USGS provides scientific information to help manage this vital ecosystem. As part of that role, staff at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created this true color composite image.

Center pivot irrigation fields in the Arabian Desert are visible in this Landsat 8 image near Meegowa, Saudi Arabia. The image was acquired on Oct 10, 2018 and is shown in a color infrared band combination (Bands 5,4,3).

This image titled  "Bleeding Heart"  is one of many contained in the 5th Earth as Art collection. 

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Example of Landsat Provisional Surface Temperature over the Yellowstone Lake area. Landsat 5 image acquired on September 11, 2018.

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Left: Landsat 8 Collection 1 Top of Atmosphere reflectance image (bands 4,3,2) and Right: Landsat 8 Collection 1 atmospherically corrected surface reflectance image for an area over Los Angeles, California, path 41 row 36 acquired on August 31, 2018.

Landsat Dynamic Surface Water Extent Science Product example from Northern Minnesota. 

Example of Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration near the Colorado/Nebraska border near the Platte River.

Example of Landsat Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration for agricultural fields near Sterling, Colorado in the South Platte Basin, using data acquired by Landsat 8 (Path 32 Row 32) on July 31, 2018; Left: Natural Color Surface Reflectance Image, Right: Actual Evapotranspiration Image.

This image showing the Black Hills and Badlands, South Dakota is a mosaic of multiple Landsat 8 scenes acquired in 2015 and 2016. 

Ivanpah Playa Radiometric Calibration Site

Learn more about this Test Site at https://calval.cr.usgs.gov/apps/ivanpah.

Artist concept of Landsat 8. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center