Oulu, Finland

The city of Oulu was founded in 1605 by King Charles IX of Sweden. The name Oulu hails from the Northern Ostrobothnian dialect and means “Flood”. Today, Oulu is one of the most populous cities in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in all of Finland. Oulu is located on the coast of Finland’s Gulf of Bothnia and at the mouth of the Oulujoki River.

In this image Oulu is a grayish-white, vegetation is green, bare ground is brown and water is a dark bluish black.

This Landsat 5 image was acquired June 2, 2006. This natural colored image was created using TM bands 3, 2, and 1. Oulu falls on Landsat WRS-2 Path 190 Row 15.

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NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team

Published March 9, 2011
Data acquired June 2, 2006

Source:

Landsat 5 > TM

Collection:

Visible Earth