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Why is the Amazon Forest Red?
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Why is the Amazon Forest Red?

The MESSENGER spacecraft gave us this near-infrared view of the Americas, where the dense vegetation of the Amazon and other forests appears dark red.

Published Mar 7, 2014

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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER
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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER

These images of the Saline Valley area, California, were acquired March 30, 2000, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).

Published Sep 8, 2000

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Holuhraun Lava Flow
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Holuhraun Lava Flow

Satellites continue to capture spectacular views of the ongoing eruption near Bardarbunga.

Published Sep 16, 2014

Heat Land 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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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

Image of the Day Land Remote Sensing

Hyperspectral Imaging
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Hyperspectral Imaging

Published May 14, 2001

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The Many Hues of London
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The Many Hues of London

While a typical digital camera takes one picture of a scene based on information from the visible spectrum, Landsat generates multiple views of everything it images.

Published Aug 1, 2012

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Nyamuragira Volcano Erupts
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Nyamuragira Volcano Erupts

Lava lakes and gas plumes near Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published Jul 2, 2014

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo Volcanoes
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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo Volcanoes

These African volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.

Published Aug 1, 2013

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

Mount Etna Boils Over
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Mount Etna Boils Over

After maintaining a low simmer for 10 months, Italy’s Etna Volcano boiled over in early February, with three outbursts in 36 hours.

Published Feb 22, 2013

Image of the Day Heat Land Volcanoes

Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland
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Tornado Hits La Plata, Maryland

This pair of images from the Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) shows the strip of flattened and possibly denuded vegetation left by the F4 tornado (winds from 207 to 260 miles per hour, causing “devastating damage”) that struck La Plata, Maryland on April 28, 2002.

Published May 8, 2002

Atmosphere Land Severe Storms Human Presence

Lava Flows on Tolbachik Volcano
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Lava Flows on Tolbachik Volcano

Infrared light reveals details of the evolving lava flows on Russia’s Tolbachik Volcano.

Published Feb 19, 2013

Land Volcanoes