Janice Nelson
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Earth As Art 5
In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.
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Earth As Art 4
Earth as Art 4 highlights vibrant images from every continent captured by Landsat 8, which launched in February 2013. Visit the Land of Terror, the Putrid Sea, and see some Cubist art—Landsat style.
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Earth As Art 3
The Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 satellites show intriguing views of the planet’s complex surface in the Earth as Art Three exhibit. Look for a monster, a tiger, a scary face, and something we call Van Gogh from Space.
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Earth As Art 2
Landsat 7 and the ASTER and MODIS sensors aboard NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites take you around the world for more stunning views of Earth.
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Earth As Art 1
The first Earth as Art collection, released in 2001, is made up of both land and cloud formations and even a giant geological formation. Landsat 7, which launched in 1999, was the artist for the original Earth As Art.
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Earth As Art
In addition to their scientific value, many satellite images are simply lovely to look at. Satellites capture an incredible variety of views of Earth. See the mesmerizing beauty of river deltas, mountains, and other sandy, salty, and icy landscapes. Some might even remind you of actual famous works of art!
The first edition of Earth As Art was published in 2001. The most recent...
EROS Research Presented at AGU
The American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting takes place Dec. 10-14 in Washington, D.C. The work of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center will be well-represented at the weeklong conference. More than half a dozen USGS EROS researchers will lead or participate in sessions, and EROS authors contributed to many others....
Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions
When a wildfire rampages through a sagebrush domain, restoring the landscape’s natural vegetation afterward is often a dicey proposition. But now complicate that situation with soil-moisture-robbing drought either before or after the fire. What becomes the best restoration solution then?
USGS Burned Area Products Group in Denver Touts Value of Landsat ARD
For all the great Federal records and remotely sensed products out there that have documented fires across the United States through the decades, it seems almost none have consistently and comprehensively mapped those burned areas across time and space.
At least not until now.
Review Panels Ensure USGS, NASA Don’t Pay ‘the Price of Failure’ with Landsat 9
Agencies like NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that commit multiple millions of dollars to put Landsat satellites into space need to know that the spacecraft, the sensors onboard, the ground system operating the satellite, and the launch vehicle are all designed and built the right way.
USGS, AmericaView Connection Proves Valuable with Hurricane Florence
In the days of Hurricane Florence, when the winds blew, the rains fell, the ocean surged, and the rivers overflowed, the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners moved quickly to make a difference in people’s lives.
NOAA's Sea Level Rise Viewer Uses CoNED, EROS for Challenging Mapping in Louisiana
An old economics axiom holds that a rising tide lifts all boats. That may be, but a Sea Level Rise Viewer that has used elevation provided by the USGS’ Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in parts of the U.S. suggests that rising tides have the power to impact a lot more than just the plight of ships.
EROS Discussion Focuses on Irrigation as Part of the National Water Census
The National Water Use Science Project (NWUSP) reports water-use data for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Mission Area, under the Water Availability and Use Science Program (WAUSP).
Hazards Data Distribution System Releases Thousands of Aerial Images of Kilauea Impact
The eruptive behavior of the Kilauea volcano that began in May 2018 on Hawaii’s Big Island has created an unparalleled opportunity for understanding volcanic systems.
ECOSTRESS Launch Piques Interest At EROS
NASA launched its ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument early Friday morning in Florida, and the event piqued the interest of several scientists at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
USGS, NASA Officials Cut Ribbon on New Landsat 7 Flight Operations Center
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director James Reilly, along with other officials from the Department of Interior (DOI), NASA, and the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, were among dignitaries who were on hand Thursday, July 12, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Landsat 7 Mission Operations Center (MOC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
LANDFIRE Named 2018 'Environmental Dream Team' by DOI
In the years since its beginnings in 2004, LANDFIRE has become invaluable to wildfire prevention and response, land management, and environmental monitoring.
USGS, Australians Assess Collaboration Milestones over the Past Year
The latest report on collaborative efforts between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) suggests the two agencies are making significant strides together in exploiting land remote-sensing data to monitor the Earth and detect change as it happens.