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Data acquired June 19, 2018 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired June 19, 2018 2584 x 2139 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired June 8, 2000 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired June 8, 2000 2584 x 2139 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2014 720 x 767 JPEG
Data acquired January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2014 3330 x 2275 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired January 1 - December 31, 2014 3330 x 2275 2 MB - JPEG
The Mongolian capital is spreading outward as migrants from the countryside fill neighborhoods on the fringes of the city.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and urbanization data from the Atlas of Urban Expansion research by New York University, in partnership with UN-Habitat and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Story by Adam Voiland.
Published June 4, 2019 Data acquired January 1, 2000 - June 19, 2018