Images

This Landsat 8 images displays the Tiwi Islands. 

The Tiwi Islands are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, north of Darwin in the Timor Sea. They are comprised of the islands of Melville and Bathurst, and nine smaller, uninhabited islands. 

In 2008 Landsat data became accessible to all users at no cost. This graphic displays the primary uses of Landsat data by volume. 

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page.

This graphic displays the millions of downloads of Landsat Level-1 data from the USGS EROS Center since the Landsat archive was made available for download at no charge in 2008. 

As of March 2024, over 201 million Level-1 data have been downloaded. 

In 2008 Landsat data became accessible to all users at no cost. This graphic displays the primary uses of "unique users" of Landsat data. 

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page.

In November 2023 the Svartsengi volcanic system awakened after almost 800 years with a series of earthquakes that opened large cracks in the on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula.  An eruption on December 18th spewed lava away from the nearby coastal town of Grindavik, but the January 14, 2024 eruption sent lava directly toward the town.

Image shows a poorly sorted collection of clasts, taken by the NASA Mars Curiosity rover on sol 4139. 

Fractional cover of Olifants River, Koekenaap, South Africa, with 3-month intervals captured in 2020 processed by Digital Earth Africa with legend showing the RBG (Red-Blue-Green) breakdown. Image credit: Geoscience Australia

Ministry of Agriculture staff in Zambia mapping and analyzing crop production. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

Timon Weitkamp and the team collecting field data on irrigation techniques in Mozambique. Photo credit: Geoscience Australia

The U.S. Geological Survey and Australia move toward a partnership as Australia announces plans to join upcoming Landsat Next satellite mission.

The U.S. Geological Survey and Australia move toward a partnership as Australia announces plans to join upcoming Landsat Next satellite mission.

Pecora Award Winner Russell Congalton is congratulated by EROS Chief of Staff Tim Glynn at Geo Week in Denver. Photo credit: Shado Congalton.

Number of scenes acquired by the Landsat 7 Extended Science Mission from May 5, 2022 - January 19, 2024. 

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network met for the Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG) #32 meeting in Orlando, Florida USA during the first week of February.

Here is an illustration of the 14 receiving stations that make up the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 USGS Ground Networks. Learn more about the International Ground Station (IGS) Network here.

30 Years of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

The NLCD stands as the definitive land cover database for the United States

Corey Lawrence is a Research Geologist with the US Geological Survey at the Geosciences Environmental Change Science Center in Denver, CO. Corey earned a PhD in Geological Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied the impacts of aeolian deposition on soil development and biogeochemistry in the Rocky Mountains.

Landsat 7 Image of the Southern Fringe of the Rub' al-Khali Sand Desert near Al-Hashman, Oman. This gap-filled image was captured on January 18, 2024 and is shown using the shortwave infrared, near infrared and red bands (Bands 5|4|3).

To learn more about the Landsat Program visit www.usgs.gov/landsat

This image, displaying a small area of the Sea of Okhotsk shoreline, is one of over 4,000 Landsat 8 Level-1 scenes that were acquired between January 1 and January 6, 2024, and reprocessed on January 12, 2024 with an updated Calibration Parameter file.

Topobathymetric digital elevation model of the Kootenai River, Idaho. Image was created by Cindy Thatcher.

This graph shows the number of compute hours on the USGS Supercomputers for Fiscal Years 2019-2023.