This false-color image shows the gradual conversion of forest lands for agricultural use in the Tierras Bajas region of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, as observed by the Thematic Mapper (TM) flying aboard Landsat 5.
Published Feb 6, 2001
Bucolic and green, the Canterbury Plains region is far from quiet.
Published Feb 11, 2017
Resembling a work of art, this Landsat image of fall colors in the mountains of central Pennsylvania illustrates both the yearly cycle of change in forests and fields and the slow shaping of a landscape over millions of years.
Published Dec 3, 2008
In some parts of Africa, trees are being grown instead of being cut down.
Published Mar 14, 2017
A twenty-year effort to plant millions of trees in Minas Gerais is visible to Landsat.
Published Jul 23, 2019
In recent decades, industrial logging has intensified in the dense tropical forests of central Africa, but few data sets exist that can help ecologists and policymakers monitor the occurrence and impact of logging over wide areas in that part of the world.
Published Jul 5, 2007
The grid-like pattern that spreads across the encompassing flatlands is typical of the Great Plains region and of Nebraska in particular.
Published Nov 29, 2019
Yellow flowers brighten the landscape of southwestern Russia.
Published Oct 13, 2019
Lake McConaughy and a tan-and-green patchwork of thousands of agricultural fields dominate this astronaut photo of western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. The astronaut who shot this view was looking towards the east-northeast, focusing on the thin, green lines of the floodplains of the North and South Platte rivers. These join to form the Platte River near image upper right.
Published Oct 8, 2007
Turbines and alluvial fans scratch out shapes across the flat landscape.
Published May 29, 2017
It is unclear who created the giant geoglyph or why, but the large earthen figure has drawn attention to a remote part of South Australia for two decades.
Published Dec 29, 2019
An astronaut photographed the interplay of light and wind on South America’s largest lake.
Published Jan 9, 2017
Lands along the Priest River show a human hand at work.
Published Jan 30, 2017
Dry weather in the Northeast has triggered an explosion in the populations of gypsy moth caterpillars, which are voracious eaters of forest canopies.
Published Jul 15, 2016
