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Landscape ecologists are increasingly researching change processes with regards to spatial patterns.

The Geba River on the west coast of Guinea-Bissau is seen in this natural color Landsat 9 image from February 8, 2022. Silt carried by the river into the Atlantic Ocean creates intricate patterns as it moves around the Bissagos (or Bijagós) Islands. The country’s capital, Bissau, can be seen on the north side of the estuary and appears as light brown.

This map shows where Landsat Collection 2 fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) and Canopy Adjusted fSCA data is available for the conterminous United States (top) and Alaska (below). To learn more visit the Landsat Collection 2 fSCA science products web page.

Natural color image of Abaco Islands, the Bahamas, as seen by Landsat 9 on January 18, 2022. Between Landsat 8 and Landsat 9, the Landsat program delivers complete coverage of the Earth’s surface every eight days. 

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In the International Polar Year 2007-2008, Landsat 7 brought the coldest continent to life with high resolution satellite imagery.

With rapidly rising sea levels and drastically declining river discharge, the Changjiang Delta, near Shanghai, China, is continually evolving. Using Landsat imagery, researchers focused on tidal level fluctuations to help understand the changes to the largest uninhabited island in the estuary, Jiuduansha island.

Landsat Updates are prepared periodically and distributed electronically to provide information about Landsat activities and related topics of interest.

Read more here: https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-update-special-issue…

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) convenes in Denver, Colorado from October 23 – 28, 2022.

The South American Savannas host several species, including ocelots and nutria rats. The soil is rich soil results in plantations of bananas, coffee, and other crops. Areas are cleared out for the fertile humus. The tropical Brazilian Cerrado is the largest savanna on the continent and the most threated biome from agricultural expansion.

The Svalbard (SGS) ground station is located at the SvalSat facility in Svalbard, Norway. SGS supports both the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 missions.

This map of the Cape Cod region is created with the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). The dataset classifies land cover into categories such as developed areas, forests, wetlands, and water bodies, providing a detailed view of the region's composition.

The Landsat Ground Station (LGS) is located at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. LGS supports all Landsat missions. 

The Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard Landsat 8 captured this image of Lake Tahoe.

The Betsiboka River in Northern Madagascar is seen in this Landsat 9 natural color image from December 7, 2021. Extensive logging has left the land vulnerable, and iron rich soils are washed into the river, coloring it a reddish orange as it flows to the Betsiboka estuary delta.

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NASA and the USGS briefed the Landsat Science Team about Landsat 9 at their Fall Meeting held virtually on November 24, 2021.

 

Read the details here: https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-science-team-virtual…

Deforestation can happen naturally, through infestation of native beetles and extreme weather. However, people can intentionally clear forests for timber and other industries. Difference between the two can be difficult to diagnose.

On Tuesday December 7, 2021, updates were made to all USGS webpages, including the Landsat Missions Web Site (LMWS). 

Learn more here: https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-mission-web-site-cha…

On November 23, 2021, the Landsat Archive added its ten millionth image. The Landsat 7 scene was acquired over the Dead Sea and is shown as a false color image using the short-wave infrared, near infrared and red bands (bands 5,4,3).

These images of an area in south central Queensland, Australia were acquired by the instruments onboard both Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 on November 15, 2021, as Landsat 9 flew beneath Landsat 8 as the satellite continued its climb to nominal orbital altitude.

Images from the Landsat 9 underfly with Landsat 8 over Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on November 11, 2021. The left image shows the Landsat 8 OLI image and the right image is from Landsat 9 OLI. Both images are shown as a true color image using the red, green, and blue bands (Bands 4,3,2).