Janice Nelson
Science and Products
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...
LCMAP Captures ‘Stories of Change’ with New Datasets
If a new homeowner wants to know the history of their abode, there are places to turn.
County offices list ownership details and building permits, showing the dates of additions, fences and the like. If the house is old enough, local historical societies may even have archived photographs of the home’s exterior at various points in time.
Level-3 Products Provide Land Cover Gold in Landsat Data Mining
When it comes to mining remotely sensed data, Landsat Level-3 science products offer what some might call land cover gold.
They Call Him ‘Gus’: EROS’ Newest Director Brings Diverse Background to the Job
Christopher Joseph (CJ) Loria brings a fascinating back story—and a quiet, collaborative leadership philosophy—to his role as the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center’s newest director.
New Landsat Level-3 Science Product Uncovers Changes in Surface Water
When wetlands are drying up, endangering the habitat of a threatened species, aquatic ecologists and resource managers want and need to know that. A new USGS science product is helping to provide them that information.
Level-3 Fractional Snow Covered Area Product Furthers Snow, Glacier Research
When it comes to studying snow and ice across the American landscape, Landsat’s niche is clear, says Research Geographer David Selkowitz with the USGS Nevada Water Science Center.
Level-3 Burned Area Product Saves Preprocessing Time, Answers Fire Questions
A new Landsat Level-3 science product that tracks the presence of burned areas in Landsat imagery today and back through the satellite system’s decades-old history promises to answer a lot of questions for fire scientists and land managers.
NASA LP DAAC Provides Important Assistance to ECOSTRESS Mission
A NASA science space mission measuring the temperature of plants to help study how they respond to water shortages is getting an important assist from NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
LANDFIRE Reflects on Successes, Preps for Busy Year
The LANDFIRE team has been busy lately, particularly with the ongoing rollout of the LANDFIRE Remap (LF Remap).
Black Hills Perfect Laboratory for Multi-Sensor Fire Science Research
After the Legion Lake Fire at Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills erupted in December 2017— burning across private, state, and federal landscapes all at once—scientists at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center discovered an important opportunity among the ashes.
LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out
With a vegetation and fuels base map that was over 15 years old and a commitment to keep LANDFIRE (LF) data relevant, LF staff at EROS has produced a new base map product suite, representing 2016 ground conditions.
EROS Work Informs USGS Sagebrush Ecosystem Efforts
The case for sagebrush habitat as the iconic landscape of the American West is a fairly one easy to make.
LCMAP Releases Project Website
The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative now has an online home. The stand-alone LCMAP website is located at www.usgs.gov/lcmap.