Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States. It is appropriate, then, that the satellite's early images include these views of the places that most contributed ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2013
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In western North America, mountain pine beetles infest and ravage thousands of acres of forest lands. Landsat satellites bear witness to the onslaught in a way that neither humans nor most other satellites can.
Environment
Jul 19, 2016
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Landslides have long-term effects on tundra vegetation, a new study shows. Conducting the study in North West Siberia, the researchers found that tundra vegetation regenerated rapidly after a major landslide event in 1989. ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2020
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On her morning walk to school, a high schooler notices a patch of greenery in her neighbor's yard. But the plants don't look quite as green and healthy as she thinks they should. To see if she's right, she puts down her backpack ...
Education
Sep 18, 2023
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On Sept. 19, 2014, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured these images of the King fire in Eldorado National Forest.
Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2014
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