Images

This image of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was captured by the Multispectral Scanner (MSS) instrument onboard the Landsat 5 satellite on January 7, 2013.

Brown Marsh observed in southeastern Terrebonne Basin, La

A tile drain concentrates and transports irrigation water and the chemicals it contains to a stream.

The Multispectral Scanner (MSS) on board Landsat 5 satellite captured imagery of the southern Louisiana coastline on April 10, 2012, after the sensor was turned back on after being off for nearly a dozen years. This image is a portion of the scene from WRS-2 Path 23 Row 40. The MSS sensor collected nearly 15,000 scenes from 2012 to January 7, 2013. 

This illustration shows the Landsat 8 satellite in space over the southeastern United States. 

The roughly west-east trail of destruction from the April 27, 2011, Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado is clearly visible in these Landsat images. This was one of 358 recorded tornadoes during the April 25-28, 2011, tornado outbreak, the most severe in U.S. history.

Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) Science Product showing an area in the Dixie National Forest in Utah on February 28, 2021 for tile h007V010. Left: Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data Surface Reflectance image, Middle: fSCA, and Right: Canopy Adjusted fSCA.

Landsat 5 image of Gascoyne, West Australia. The image was acquired on December 12, 2010.

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Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Collection 2 sample data example

Bands 5,4,3

Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Level-2 Surface Reflectance science product over Seattle, Washington. Landsat 5 image acquired Oct 6, 2010 (bands 4,3,2)

Example of Landsat Collection 2 Surface Temperature over the Tacoma, Washington area. Landsat 5 image aquired on October 6, 2010.

Example of the Landsat 4-5 TM Collection 2 level-1 product. This Landsat 5 image was acquired on October 6, 2010 near Seattle, Washington and is shown as a natural color composite using the red, green, and blue bands (bands 3,2,1).

Example of the Landsat 4-5 TM Collection 2 level-2 science products. Left: Landsat 5 level-2 surface reflectance image. Right: Landsat 5 level-2 surface temperature image. The data was acquired on October 6, 2010 (path 47 row 27).

Example of Landsat 5 Collection 2 data over Bremerton, WA. acquired on October 6, 2010. Left: Level 1 data, middle: Level-2 surface reflectance, right: Level-2 surface temperature.

Sheridan glacier and Sheridan river from the air, rich in fine glacial flour.

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

This Landsat 7 image captures the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD, areas. Washington, D.C., lies in the center of the image along the Potomac River. Baltimore, in the upper-right portion of the image, is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.

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Farmland near Hydetown, Pennsylvania, part of the Erie Drift Plain Ecoregion. This photo was taken during fieldwork for the USGS Land Cover Trends project. The project was focused on understanding the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary U.S.

Example of the Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 2 level-1 product. This Landsat 7 image was acquired on January 1, 2003 near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico and is shown as a natural color composite using the red, green, and blue bands (bands 3,2,1).

This natural color pan sharpened Landsat 7 image from December 18, 2002 shows the remnant or the Larsen B ice shelf after its collapse at the beginning of the year. Landsat’s detailed observations help scientists track changes in ice stability over time.

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This graphic highlights the difference in thermal band resolution between Landsat 5 and Landsat 7, focusing on center pivot irrigation fields near Alliance, Nebraska. The Landsat 5 image (top), taken on July 3, 2002, has a coarser 120-meter resolution, while the Landsat 7 image (bottom), from July 2, 2002, offers greater detail with its 60-meter resolution.