Acquired November 13, 2002, this false-color image shows part of the Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma.
Published Oct 24, 2010
Acquired September 30, 2010, this natural-color image shows an arid landscape south of Esfahan, Iran.
Published Oct 31, 2010
The red and orange tones of autumn had faded to brown in the mountains of New York and Vermont when this true color image was taken on November 8, 2009. The contrast between the green and gold valleys and brown mountains help reveal the unique geography of the region.
Published Nov 14, 2009
This small town at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains is a productive oasis in the Karoo semidesert, rich with olive groves, sheep and ostrich ranches, and (lately) tourists.
Published Feb 20, 2014
Acquired February 13, 2011, and February 19, 2010, these false-color images show part of South Africa before and after unusually heavy rains in the 2011 rainy season.
Published Feb 14, 2011
Time transforms the ranges in the southern Appalachian Mountains through the course of a year.
Published Jan 14, 2014
Colors ranging from deep brown to stark white give New Zealand’s South Island its intense beauty. The snow-capped Southern Alps run down the northern shore of the island. The mountains are rising as the Pacific Plate, the section of the Earth’s crust that holds the Pacific Ocean, including parts of New Zealand’s South Island, sinks beneath the Australia Plate, which holds the rest of New Zealand.
Published Dec 22, 2007
