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Three Decades of Urban Expansion in Quito

In the past three decades, Quito’s urban area has more than quadrupled.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published September 30, 2019
Data acquired September 15, 1986 - August 25, 2019

Sources:
Landsat 5
Landsat 8