A series of maps showing land use in 1850 and 1920.
Published Feb 9, 2008
Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.
Published Oct 14, 2020
This summertime, natural-color image shows the Åland Islands between Sweden and Finland.
Published Sep 20, 2011
Satellites help land managers and city planners track city growth and ecosystem health around Portland, Oregon.
Published Aug 2, 2012
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
The Chinese city has reclaimed land from shallow coastal waters at a rapid rate.
Published Dec 11, 2019
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
This series of maps shows how much the landscape of the eastern United States changed between 1650 and 1992. The maps depict canopy height, the height of the tallest continuous layer of vegetation.
Published Feb 2, 2008
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
The extensive flooding that surrounded Normanton, Australia, had largely subsided by March 25, 2009, when the Advanced Land Imager on the EO-1 satellite captured this image.
Published Mar 25, 2009
This part of the eastern Sahara is very dry, but greenery has been cropping up in recent decades.
Published Mar 11, 2017
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