50 Years of Landsat
Landsat shows us Earth from space. We’re celebrating 50 years of the Landsat satellite, the first of which launched on July 23, 1972.
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Color Explosion- Beautiful Earth
This image by the Landsat 8 satellite, shows the amazing view over Western Australia.
Ancient Lake across the Sahara discovered
About 7,000 years ago, a vast lake spread hundreds of square kilometers across north-central Africa, the biggest lake on Earth today.
Jupiter or Earth?
In these satellite images an eddy on Earth looks a lot like an eddy on Jupiter.
Camp Fire as it burned through Paradise
Fire destroys and decimates. It takes out almost everything in its path. Satellite images from Camp fire as it burned through Paradise, in California.
Stunning Summer Bloom in the Baltic
Phytoplankton and blue-green algae blooms in the Baltic Sea, are particularly intense this summer.
Spring Color in the North Sea
Warm air and sunlight of springtime beget warmer ocean waters and provoke blooms of the “grass of the sea,” phytoplankton.
The Winter Olympics from Space
A panoramic view from Landsat 8 of the Winter Olympics new home in South Korea, in the northeastern cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung.
Glaciers Ebb on South Georgia Island
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured rare natural-color images of South Georgia Island, where several glaciers are in retreat.
World’s largest Solar Farm from space
In the past few years, the title of “largest solar farm in the world” has been a rather short-lived distinction…