Images

Landsat 9 image showing Washington D.C. on April 9, 2023. The image is shown using the Red, Green and Blue bands (Bands 4,3,2), combining these three bands produces a natural color view of the area. The image was then sharpened using the panchromatic band (Band 8) which has a higher resolution than the other bands (15 meters compared to 30 meters).

This image of Lake Tahoe, California displays the landscape's vegetation properties in shades of red.  This image was created using Bands 5,4, and 3 from data acquired by Landsat 8 on February 13, 2022. 

The Landsat Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) product provides per-pixel fractional snow cover maps that indicate the percentage of a pixel covered by snow. 

This is the thumbnail image for an Image of the Week about a 2023 update of the Brunt Ice Shelf event. 

Children play with 12’x12′ interactive floor puzzle of the Navajo Nation, created from Landsat satellite imagery by Earth observation education partner, AmericaView  during the Nihima Nahasdzáán−The Art of Mother Earth Gallery Event.

Gamma Ray Spectrometer testing at DOE Environmental Radiation Calibration Facility located on Grand Junction Airport.

This satellite image of the Seattle, Tacoma Washington area was acquired by the Landsat 1 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) on September 16, 1973. 

Path 50, Row 27

Visit the Landsat Missions Web Site to learn more about the Landsat satellites that have been acquiring data of the Earth since 1972. 

32 satellite images are vying for the coveted title of Earthshot. See the images and download your bracket here:

https://geonarrative.usgs.gov/earthshots-tournament/

A Landsat Surface Reflectance (SR) Normalized Difference Index (NDVI) map of the San Joaquin Valley region of California on March 13, 2023.

Use the filters on the right and the map tools to narrow down an area of interest with 10,000 products or less. After filtering, select the download icon in the bottom right corner.

Image of the Week (IOW) Cheyenne Bottoms Dries Out thumbnail. Image of the Week highlights satellite and other remote sensing imagery from around the world.

The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara, is a prominent circular geological formation in the Sahara Desert. The formation stretches across a 40 km-wide region in Mauritania in Northwest Africa.

This mosaic of the Richat Structure and surrounding area was creating using four natural color Landsat 9 images (Bands 4,3,2): 

Pecora award 2023 flyer announcing call for nominations, due April 15, 2023. This image details the procedure for nominations, eligibility, and privacy statement. Visit this USGS page for eligibility requirements and the nomination process. 

A New RCMAP Factsheet is available. View it here: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20233004

This Landsat 8 image of a portion of the Central Coast of California (WRS2 Path 43 Row 35) was acquired on January 31, 2023. Bands 6,5,4 

This graphic shows additional tiles available for Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) when compared to Collection 1 U.S. ARD for the same period (1982-2021).

Landsat 9 captured a rare snowfall in China’s Taklimakan Desert on January 18, 2023. This image uses the shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red bands (B 6|5|4) to highlight the stark contrast between the desert sand and the snow-covered dunes. The sand appears reddish, while the snow is blue.

This natural color Landsat 8 image of the Sacramento Valley area shows the impacts of the relentless rains that impacted the area during the end of December and into the New Year. Turbid river water, saturated fields, and rising reservoirs can be seen near Stockton and Sacramento.

In the right wintry conditions, an ice bridge forms between the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait. Theoretically, this is the only place where you can walk from Russia to the United States (and vice versa), however travel between one Diomede to the other is strictly forbidden.  

Nine consecutive rainstorms have poured on California since December 26, 2022, after three years of intensive drought.

This graphic displays the millions of Landsat Level-1 downloads, from 2008 to December 2022.

View more statistics on the Landsat Project Statistics page.