Acquired August 17, 2011, this natural-color image shows Franz Josef Land, a 191-island archipelago in the northeastern Barents Sea.
Published Aug 28, 2011
Unlike the vegetated tundra of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land is a barren sandy plain that also serves as a land bridge.
Published Oct 5, 2020
Satellites help land managers and city planners track city growth and ecosystem health around Portland, Oregon.
Published Aug 2, 2012
This late summertime shot captures sea ice and land ice in Russia’s northernmost territory.
Published Jan 7, 2012
The Chinese city has reclaimed land from shallow coastal waters at a rapid rate.
Published Dec 11, 2019
A series of maps showing land use in 1850 and 1920.
Published Feb 9, 2008
This summertime, natural-color image shows the Åland Islands between Sweden and Finland.
Published Sep 20, 2011
Acquired in 2006, 2009, and 2010, these natural-color images show the progress of land reclamation aimed at increasing the port capacity at Rotterdam.
Published Nov 28, 2010
Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.
Published Oct 14, 2020
The landscape of the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut Territory was carved by ice and water.
Published Jul 13, 2012
The basin’s colloquial name is the “Land of Terror” because, for many, to traverse this land is to stare death in the face.
Published Dec 2, 2017
Seawalls and dredging have created new real estate along the city’s coastlines.
Published Mar 31, 2017
This series of maps shows how much the landscape of the eastern United States changed between 1650 and 1992. The maps depict canopy height, the height of the tallest continuous layer of vegetation.
Published Feb 2, 2008
