Satellites View The Land

Satellites, such as the Landsat series, circle the globe every day and record views of familiar places in a new perspective.

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Great Salt Lake, Utah. The color difference is caused by microorganisms trapped on one side of causeway spanning the lake.
Courtesy of EROS Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey

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The Grand Canyon.
Courtesy of EROS Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey

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Landsat Mosaic of Hawaii.
Image supplied by NASA's Virtually Hawaii project

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Hubbard Glacier, Alaska.
Courtesy of EROS Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey

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Landsat scenes of Mt. St. Helens before and after its violent eruption in May, 1980.
Courtesy of ERIM International, Inc.

Satellite Reconnaissance

Earth Orbital Missions