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
This late summertime shot captures sea ice and land ice in Russia’s northernmost territory.
Published Jan 7, 2012
Satellites help land managers and city planners track city growth and ecosystem health around Portland, Oregon.
Published Aug 2, 2012
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
The landscape of the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut Territory was carved by ice and water.
Published Jul 13, 2012
A series of maps showing land use in 1850 and 1920.
Published Feb 9, 2008
The Chinese city has reclaimed land from shallow coastal waters at a rapid rate.
Published Dec 11, 2019
The last remnant of France’s once-vast holdings in North America, an island archipelago off the coast of Newfoundland bears the scars of a complicated geologic history. Altogether, the archipelago covers just 242 square kilometers (93 square miles), and the three biggest islands lend the entire island chain its name: Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Published Oct 3, 2010
Penguins, seals, and scientists are among the residents of a remote archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
Published Dec 28, 2016
