Start Date: End Date: Published Date Data Date
Exploring the Grand Canyon
720 x 480 JPEG
Published April 20, 2013
The geology of the Grand Canyon has amazed visitors since John Wesley Powell first navigated the Colorado River in 1869. Now the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) offers a new view of the gorge.
Related images:
9334 x 6222 21 MB Bytes - JPEG
114 MB Bytes - GeoTIFF
49 KB Bytes - KML/KMZ
Hot and Cold in the Arizona Desert
720 x 720 JPEG
Published April 18, 2013
The Thermal Infrared Sensor on the newest Landsat provides insight into something invisible to human eyes: the temperature of the land surface.
7811 x 7321 12 MB Bytes - JPEG
7811 x 7321 4 MB Bytes - JPEG
Eye Exam for a Satellite
720 x 540 JPEG
Published April 16, 2013
Researchers use ground and airborne instruments, as well as Landsat 7, to calibrate the imagery from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission.
4099 x 3075 3 MB Bytes - JPEG
1440 x 960 422 KB Bytes - JPEG
Earth Science Lifts off from the California Coast
Published April 11, 2013
The new Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite captured a glimpse of Vandenberg Air Force Base and the central California coast. Vandenberg has been the launch site for a majority of U.S. Earth science research missions.
6827 x 6826 17 MB Bytes - JPEG
15161 x 15101 28 MB Bytes - JPEG
First View from the New Landsat Satellite
Published March 22, 2013
One of the satellite’s first uncalibrated images showed where the Front Range meets the Great Plains in Colorado.
1920 x 1080 936 KB Bytes - JPEG
7481 x 7411 12 MB Bytes - JPEG
1920 x 1080 836 KB Bytes - JPEG
7481 x 7411 14 MB Bytes - JPEG
125 KB Bytes - KML/KMZ