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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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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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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

First View from the New Landsat Satellite
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First View from the New Landsat Satellite

One of the satellite’s first uncalibrated images showed where the Front Range meets the Great Plains in Colorado.

Published Mar 22, 2013

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Day Fire in Southern California
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Day Fire in Southern California

 

Published Sep 22, 2006

Heat Fires

Phytoplankton off South African Coast
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Phytoplankton off South African Coast

Published Apr 25, 2003

Water Color

San Francisco from Landsat 7
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San Francisco from Landsat 7

Published Aug 9, 1999

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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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Check Out These Colors, Maine!
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Check Out These Colors, Maine!

In October, the state transitions form north to south with vibrant displays of peak autumn foliage.

Published Oct 22, 2017

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Mapping Minerals with Light
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Mapping Minerals with Light

A combo of infrared and visible wavelengths exposes the mineral geology around China’s Piqiang Fault.

Published Apr 17, 2014

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