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While USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Director Pete Doucette tells the audience a little about the 10^th anniversary festivities at EROS during the August 18, 2023, rededication ceremony, EROS Branch Chief for New Missions Kristi Kline holds up a 10^th anniversary poster from the time capsule and prepares to add a 50

This Landsat 9 natural color daytime image of Petermann Glacier, Greenland, shows the contrast between previous collection in the Arctic circle, which is taken during summer, and new Landsat Extended Acquisitions of the Poles (LEAP) imagery, which collects thermal images even during polar twil

On August 19, 2023, USGS Director David Applegate and USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Director Pete Doucette use golden shovels that have been used at other EROS dedication events to help dedicate a red oak tree, a long-living species, that will be planted at EROS as a symbolic gesture to its future beyond 50 years.

This Landsat 8 image, acquired June 11, 2023, gives a view Hawaii's state capital Honolulu and the surrounding area along the eastern shoreline of O'ahu. Center in this image is the Daniel K.

Infographic highlighting EROS numbers in 1975. Text reads: 



By the Numbers: EROS in 1975

The EROS Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) compares Landsat and other remotely sensed data to known reference points on the ground to ensure consistency - a process called calibration and validation.

The USGS EROS Landsat Satellites Data System's (LSDS) Science Research and Development (LSRD) transforms Landsat data into value-added science, offering Landsat Science Products for advanced analysis of water, fire, and snow. 

Map of the Conterminous U.S. showing the Land Cover layer from the NLCD 2021.

Learn more about NLCD at www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/national-land-cover-database

Drone-captured photo of reference targets with various materials and reflectance levels used during a field campaign in support of radiometric calibration research led by USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) researchers in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

A Landsat 9 natural color image acquired June 29, 2023 (left) and the corresponding Landsat Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) product (right) display the properties of agricultural fields of Palo Verde Irrigation District, California. 

Smoke filled the skies over western Canada and even much of the United States in May 2023. The source was several wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia.

Landsat 9 captured this image on May 6, 2023. 

This is the thumbnail for the Image of the Week about Fires in Canada. Find more IOWs here: https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/image-of-the-week.

Cape Cod, the hook-shaped peninsula in the state of Massachusetts, is a popular summertime destination and is easily visible in satellite imagery. 

In this Landsat 9 image, the urban sprawl of Providence, Rhode Island is also displayed, along with Block Island south of the mainland, and Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket south of the Cape. 

The EROS, or Earth Resources Observation Satellite, Program was formally established by Secretarial Order in 1967. Under the EROS Program, Chuck became the Associate Program Manager. In this position, Charles J. Robinove participated in international remote sensing workshops, facilitated remote sensing research, and coordinated program development.

The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore encompasses 69,372 acres, of which 27,323 acres are submerged lands in Lake Superior. This unique collection of islands became a designated National Lakeshore on September 26, 1970. There are no roads or vehicle access to any of the 21 islands within the National Lakeshore.

Smoke filled the skies over western Canada and even much of the United States in May 2023. The source was several wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia.

Near the end of May, rain and cooler temperatures finally brought some relief for the out-of-control fires.

Smoke filled the skies over western Canada and even much of the United States in May 2023. The source was several wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia.

Landsat 8 captured this image on May 26, 2023. 

This is a thumbnail or screenshot for the new Image of the Week of Tulare Basin.

USGS remote pilot Todd Burton powers on UAS in White Sands National Park, April 2023

Found along the Pacific Ring of Fire, Russia’s Shiveluch Volcano began erupting on April 11, 2023. Huge ash clouds spewed from the main crater blanketing over 40,000 square miles (108,000 square kilometers).  The tiny village of Klyuchi, about 30 mi (50 km) from the volcano, plunged into darkness.

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