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Ancient Troy
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Ancient Troy

Published Jul 18, 2000

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Mapping Modern Threats to Ancient Chacoan Sites
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Mapping Modern Threats to Ancient Chacoan Sites

Risk maps can help land managers make more informed decisions about modern development in the vicinity of an ancient civilization.

Published Jun 1, 2018

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Mayan Farming, Modern Farming: Land Use in Central America
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Mayan Farming, Modern Farming: Land Use in Central America

What did Central America look like at the height of the Mayan civilization? Probably different than you think.

Published Feb 2, 2012

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Phytoplankton off South African Coast
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Phytoplankton off South African Coast

Published Apr 25, 2003

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Forest Changes in British Columbia
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Forest Changes in British Columbia

In British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) inland from the Pacific Ocean, rivers and lakes cut tortuous paths through rugged terrain. The peaks and valleys in this region are covered with forest, but the forest has changed over the years due to human use and insect pests, in particular, the mountain pine beetle.

Published Oct 12, 2008

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Secrets Beneath the Sand
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Secrets Beneath the Sand

Instruments such as imaging radar helped usher in a new era in archaeology.

Published Aug 29, 2017

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Arid Iran in False Color
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Arid Iran in False Color

False-color satellite imagery offers insight that goes beyond what the human eye can see.

Published Mar 6, 2016

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A Living Relic: Madeira’s Laurissilva Forest
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A Living Relic: Madeira’s Laurissilva Forest

The deep green forest that covers the northern mountains of Madeira Island is one of the last remnants of an ancient forest that once covered much of Europe and North Africa.

Published May 15, 2010

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Hidden Under New England’s Green Canopy
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Hidden Under New England’s Green Canopy

In Connecticut’s forests, lidar has helped uncover a bit of early U.S. history.

Published Aug 16, 2017

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Activity at Kizimen Volcano
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Activity at Kizimen Volcano

Clouds obscured Kizimen Volcano’s plume in this true-color satellite image, but in false-color the plume shows up clearly.

Published Nov 2, 2012

Volcanoes

Florida Landscapes
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Florida Landscapes

The variety of landscapes in southeastern Florida and the northern Everglades illustrates why you might want to see the world in false color.

Published Apr 1, 2014

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Mayan Deforestation and Drought
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Mayan Deforestation and Drought

Land use decisions may have altered climate and contributed to the collapse of Mayan society in the tenth century.

Published Feb 1, 2012

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Deforestation in Malaysian Borneo
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Deforestation in Malaysian Borneo

Acquired May 27, 2003, this true-color Landsat ETM image shows part of a plantation in Malaysian Borneo, along the edge of the forest. The area outlined in white in the ETM image appears in greater detail in the image acquired on June 18, 2002, by the commercial satellite Ikonos. The images show the differences between forest, cleared land, and palm plantation.

Published Sep 10, 2009

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Guitar Forest
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Guitar Forest

A labor of love in the Argentine Pampas becomes a work of art for the planet.

Published Apr 27, 2014

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Space Archaeology: In the Realm of Resolution
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Space Archaeology: In the Realm of Resolution

Being able to see traces of human history in satellite imagery is dependent on what details can be resolved on a given image. There are four main types of image resolution.

Published Oct 4, 2017

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Fires in Northern Spain
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Fires in Northern Spain

Published Jul 19, 2005

Fires

A Polish Royal Forest
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A Polish Royal Forest

Since the mid-1200s, the state has controlled Niepołomice Forest, which contains some of the last pockets of old-growth forest in Poland.

Published Nov 29, 2013

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Two Views of the Painted Desert
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Two Views of the Painted Desert

Acquired March 28, 2009, these images provide two views of Arizona’s Painted Desert.

Published Jul 17, 2011

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