Images

Illustration of the OLI Instrument.

Study of biological cycles.

Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) Collection 2 sample data example

Bands 5,4,3

Remnants of a spruce forest complex following a severe wildfire in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Wildfires are the dominant landscape-scale disturbance operating at annual time scales in Alaska, and fires play a major role in the rate and extent of vegetation growth and productivity of a site.

On April 20, 2010, an explosion at an oil well in the Gulf of America resulted in a major oil spill. Since then, emergency response efforts have been underway to contain the growing oil slick before it reaches the southern coast of the United States. Landsat imagery, acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey on May 1 shows the extent of the oil slick.

Satellite image from Landsat 7 which was used to track Antarctica's emperor penguins.

Landsat 5 image of the Mt. Redoubt area on March 26, 2009 at 1:07 PM AKDT. The false color image shows the large brown ash cloud extending over the Cook Inlet and the western Kenai peninsula (right sid of image). The image also shows a whiter steam and gas plume rising from the summit of Redoubt Volcano (near upper center).

On March 1, 2009, Landsat 5 acquired a clear image of the Mt. Redoubt region in Alaska. 

Kingston Flood

At approximately 1:00a.m. on December 22, 2008, an earthen dam holding a containment pond at the Kingston, Tennessee Fossil Plant gave way, releasing over 500 million gallons of ash and sludge.

On May 4, 2008, the Nargis cyclone hit the country of Burma (Myanmar) causing devastation to Rangoon (Yangon), the capital of Burma, and the surrounding area. 

This Landsat 7 image captures the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD, areas. Washington, D.C., lies in the center of the image along the Potomac River. Baltimore, in the upper-right portion of the image, is located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.

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The Georgia Fire consisted of two fires, the Sweat Farm Road fire and the Big Turnaround fire. The fires were located 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Waycross, Georgia, and were separated by Swamp Road.

These images show the nearly 11,000 acres affected by the Sierra fire in Orange County, California, in February 2006.

These Landsat images show the damage that New Orleans, Louisiana, received as a result of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. 

Left image: Landsat 7, acquired April 24, 2005.
Right image: Landsat 7, acquired August 30, 2005. 

New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest publicly-protected area in the conterminous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined.

Capital Albany

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 20,201,249

This image is an example of a Gap-Filled product. The left image is path 39 row 37, acquired over the Salton Sea in southern California on September 17, 2003; the image shows the scan gaps caused by the failed Scan Line Corrector (SLC).

This satellite mosaic of the Hoosier State was created from several Landsat scenes stitched together to create one seamless image. Data from the National Elevation Dataset (NED) is also incorporated into the image. The names of major cities and county boundaries have been added.

This graphic highlights the difference in thermal band resolution between Landsat 5 and Landsat 7, focusing on center pivot irrigation fields near Alliance, Nebraska. The Landsat 5 image (top), taken on July 3, 2002, has a coarser 120-meter resolution, while the Landsat 7 image (bottom), from July 2, 2002, offers greater detail with its 60-meter resolution.

This image was created using Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified ETM+ Pan-Sharpened data, and draped with National Elevation Dataset (NED) data.

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In stunning detail, the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) brings Antarctica to life, both for the scientific community and the general public.

This true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. A day after the attack, smoke continues to billow out of the collapsed Twin Towers.