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The National Land Imaging Program supports a variety of geospatial data programs and projects, including the USGS Landsat Program. Browse the images below to see some of the imagery produced using NLI-supported data sources.
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. The actual flight took place four miles away at the Kill Devil Hills, now the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Capital Raleigh
Image Source Landsat 8
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. The actual flight took place four miles away at the Kill Devil Hills, now the site of Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Capital Raleigh
Image Source Landsat 8
This Uncrewed Aerial System Composite Image is an example of 3-dimensional data capture technology.
This Uncrewed Aerial System Composite Image is an example of 3-dimensional data capture technology.
This Lidar scan shows the South Dakota Capitol Building in Pierre, South Dakota.
The EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) provides system and data quality research in support of the USGS National 3D Elevation Program.
This Lidar scan shows the South Dakota Capitol Building in Pierre, South Dakota.
The EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) provides system and data quality research in support of the USGS National 3D Elevation Program.
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October 2019. A pair of images taken just 10 days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires.
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October 2019. A pair of images taken just 10 days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires.
Star dunes, colored red by iron oxide sand, are seen in this Landsat scene from Sossusvlei in Namibia.
Star dunes, colored red by iron oxide sand, are seen in this Landsat scene from Sossusvlei in Namibia.
Abnormally high spring rainfall and subsequent flooding in the Midwest in 2019 had a season-long impact on cropland production.
Abnormally high spring rainfall and subsequent flooding in the Midwest in 2019 had a season-long impact on cropland production.
An earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 leveled cities and left 18,000 people dead along the east coast of Japan.
The government responded with a plan to build hundreds of sea walls in hopes of protecting coastal communities from future disasters.
An earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 leveled cities and left 18,000 people dead along the east coast of Japan.
The government responded with a plan to build hundreds of sea walls in hopes of protecting coastal communities from future disasters.
The high-water marks set by the Big Sioux River in cities across southeastern South Dakota have threatened to overtake records set 50 years ago, when the Army Corps of Engineers led missions to document the damage through hundreds of aerial photographs.
The high-water marks set by the Big Sioux River in cities across southeastern South Dakota have threatened to overtake records set 50 years ago, when the Army Corps of Engineers led missions to document the damage through hundreds of aerial photographs.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Landsat image of ice caps in northern Savernaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic Islands (80 degrees N.). The scene shows zones of melting on the ice caps. The largest ice cap is about 80 km across. Image courtesy of Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Landsat image of ice caps in northern Savernaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic Islands (80 degrees N.). The scene shows zones of melting on the ice caps. The largest ice cap is about 80 km across. Image courtesy of Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
This Landsat 8 image "Ice Vortex" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.
This Landsat 8 image "Ice Vortex" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.
This Landsat 8 image "Australian Iron Ore" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.
This Landsat 8 image "Australian Iron Ore" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.
Satellites have captured views of the numerous major fires burning in California.
Satellites have captured views of the numerous major fires burning in California.
Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and its restoration and protection is a priority. The USGS provides scientific information to help manage this vital ecosystem. As part of that role, staff at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created this true color composite image.
Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and its restoration and protection is a priority. The USGS provides scientific information to help manage this vital ecosystem. As part of that role, staff at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created this true color composite image.
Center pivot irrigation fields in the Arabian Desert are visible in this Landsat 8 image near Meegowa, Saudi Arabia. The image was acquired on Oct 10, 2018 and is shown in a color infrared band combination (Bands 5,4,3).
Center pivot irrigation fields in the Arabian Desert are visible in this Landsat 8 image near Meegowa, Saudi Arabia. The image was acquired on Oct 10, 2018 and is shown in a color infrared band combination (Bands 5,4,3).
This image titled "Bleeding Heart" is one of many contained in the 5th Earth as Art collection.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to view the entire group of Earth as Art collections.
This image titled "Bleeding Heart" is one of many contained in the 5th Earth as Art collection.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to view the entire group of Earth as Art collections.
Hurricane Florence hit the Carolina coast on September 14, 2018, but it took much longer for the full impact to emerge.
Hurricane Florence hit the Carolina coast on September 14, 2018, but it took much longer for the full impact to emerge.
