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USGS Deputy Director-Operations Cindy Lodge shown here with DLR’s German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) Director professor Stefan Dech at DLR’s Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen finalizing the signatures on the statement of intent for the upcoming Landsat Next mission. 

Sometimes described as resembling a stingray or a tadpole, the Batagaika Crater is a widening chasm in Siberia and the world’s largest permafrost crater.

STATEMAP Partners gather in Park City Utah during the annual meeting of the Association of American State Geologists 

Aerial photo of National Geospatial Program employees spelling out NGP taken from a Skydio X10 drone with the VT300-Z camera by Todd Burton

This image was taken of the Martian surface by the NASA MSL rover on sol 4158, showing an assortment of clasts.

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 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

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

Ministry of Agriculture staff in Zambia mapping and analyzing crop production. 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.

30 Years of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

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

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.

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.