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Station Fire, California
Released: 09/01/2009
Landsat satellite data, acquired before and during the fires in Southern California show the region affected and the size of the major burns.
Alaskan Beaufort Sea Coast
Released: 08/10/2009
The rate of coastal erosion more than doubled in Alaska-to as much as 45 feet per year-within the 52-year period between 1955 and 2007 along a 37-mile stretch of the Beaufort Sea, with ice-rich coastal bluffs showing the greatest increase in recent erosion rates.
Global Fiducials Library - Barrow, Alaska
Released: 07/16/2009
Sea ice forms along the coast in the winter, and generally melts or breaks away by mid July. Observations of sea ice position reveal considerable year-to-year variability. Changes in the timing of coastal sea ice breakup and in the location of offshore sea ice have significant local impacts: ecological, biological, and human.
Chernobyl
Released: 07/06/2009
A devastating nuclear accident happened at Chernobyl, Ukraine, on 26 April 1986. These Landsat satellite images show the area around the nuclear power plant approximately one month after the accident, and six years after the accident. The most visible change in these images is the abandonment of farm fields, which turn from a bright red-and-white pattern to a dull gray. The area shown in the image is approximately 35-miles by 37-miles (56-km x 59-km).
Alaska
Released: 06/05/2009
Explore the beauty of the United States and find another fascinating detail revealed with every glance.
Aral Sea
Released: 05/18/2009
These images show the Aral Sea, in Central Asia. Because rivers that used to flow into the Aral Sea have been diverted for irrigation, this inland sea has shrunk dramatically.
Flooding in Fargo
Released: 04/17/2009
In late March the Red River Basin of North Dakota and Minnesota experienced historic flooding. Landsat 5 satellite imagery, acquired on March 2 and April 3, illustrate the rapid rise and extent of the flooding in the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota region.
Mt. Redoubt, Alaska Ash Plume
Released: 03/31/2009
The Landsat 5 false color image shows the large brown ash cloud extending over the Cook Inlet and the western Kenai peninsula (right side of image)
Before and After Hurricane Ike
Released: 12/04/2008
Before and after Hurricane Ike made landfall on Galveston Island, Texas. High Resolution Orthoimagery, 1-foot and approximately 10-inch spatial resolution.
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
Released: 11/04/2008
In stunning, up-close and personal detail, LIMA brings Antarctica to life, both for the scientific community and the general public at large. Natural-Color, Pan-Sharpened LIMA (bands 3, 2, 1).
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