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The Wind River Range, located in west-central Wyoming, is a unique wilderness area that rises from the high plains of the South Pass of the Continental Divide and runs northwest to the Yellowstone Plateau. The Winds, as they are affectionately known, are exceptionally long, wide, high, rugged, and remote.

The green circles in this Landsat 9 image display irrigated cropland in northeast Nebraska during the 2024 growing season.  This area is well known for corn and soybeans but also produces potatoes.  (Ref:  https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/) 

This Landsat 9 image displays cropland during the summertime in an area of both Stoddard and New Madrid Counties in southeastern Missouri. 

A variety of crops are produced in this area of the country, including corn, soybeans, rice, and cotton. 
 

Landsat 8 image of Lake Thompson in South Dakota, showing a November algal bloom.

Image date: November 22, 2024
Path 30, Row 29
Band combinations: 654 (false color) to show the algal bloom, and then blended with 432 (natural color) to show the snow.

Landsat satellites from 1972 to present are shown moving above the Earth. The Van Diemen Gulf along Australia's Northern Territory is visible in a Landsat 8 image acquired on November 18, 2023. 

Thumbnail image for video: 1 Hour of Earth From Above: Relaxing Landsat Satellite Imagery

Watch here: https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/video-landsat/landsat-1-hour-of-ima…

Landsat satellites from 1972 to present are shown moving above the Earth. The Van Diemen Gulf along Australia's Northern Territory is visible in a Landsat 8 image acquired on November 18, 2023. 

Photo of Pecora 2024 Team Award winners with representatives from USGS and NASA.

This Landsat 9 image shows the Washington D.C. area on August 1, 2024. The image was created using Bands 6,5,4 and was then sharpened using the panchromatic band (Band 8) which has a higher resolution than the other bands (15 meters compared to 30 meters).

Path 15 Row 33

Landsat 8 image of the Massachusetts Coast, showing Boston, Plymouth, and Cape Cod.

Published on social media on November 28, 2024, for Thanksgiving.

Mosaic of two different Landsat 8 images:
Image dates: November 8 and 17, 2024
Path 11, Row 31 and Path 12, Row 31 

This Landsat 8 image shows the Pampanga River Delta and Manila Bay on March 6, 2024.

Landsat 8 image of South Sudan, showing portions of the states of Unity, Jonglei, and Warrup. 

Image date: October 22, 2024
Path 174, Row 54
Band combination: 654

Landsat 8 image of the Henry Mountains in southeastern Utah. 

Published on social media on November 7, 2024.

Mosaic of two different Landsat 8 images:
Image date: June 16, 2024
Path 37, Row 33 and Path 37, Row 34

The attendees of the Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG) #52 meeting in Canberra, Australia in November 2024. 

Visit this USGS webpage to learn more about LGSOWG #52. 

A picture of an antenna at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (DSCC) located at Tidbinbilla, Australia. Hi. this is text. 

The attendees of the Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG) #52 meeting visited the DSCC in early November 2024,

This graphic displays an example query created using information from the  Querying the Landsat SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog with PySTAC tutorial. 

Landsat 9 image of the China-Mongolia border, showing parts of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China, and Khovd Province, Mongolia.

Image date: October 23, 2024
Path 141, Row 28

Las Vegas, Nevada and the area surrounding has been and remains a popular region of interest when showcasing urban growth and land change using Landsat sensors.  

Nearly 3.4 million Landsat 7 Level-1 products are available for download from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive. This map displays the density of the available Level-1 products acquired by Landsat 7 from April 1999 through January 2024.

This is an illustration of the Landsat 7 satellite acquiring imagery of the Earth from space. 

A September 20, 2024, Landsat 9 satellite image of eutrophication in Lake Thompson, South Dakota. Eutrophication because of phosphate fertilizer use is probably one of the most notable impacts on the environment, society and the economy.