Las Vegas, 2025

This false-color Landsat 8 image, acquired on September 16, 2025, shows the Las Vegas metropolitan area in southern Nevada. Lake Mead is visible east of the city, while the surrounding Mojave Desert, mountain ranges, and irrigated agricultural areas provide contrast with the urban landscape. The image combines shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red wavelengths (bands 6, 5, and 4), causing healthy vegetation to appear bright green, water to appear dark, and urban and desert surfaces to appear in shades of gray, tan, and brown.

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