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November 4, 2014 - Landsat Ghostbusters

Shortly after the launch of Landsat 8, the Landsat calibration team noticed something strange: bright and dark stripes, or “banding” was showing up across certain images collected by the satellite’s Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS).

NASA has provided a very informative article about these 'ghosting' artifacts.