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Lanzarote’s Lunar-Like Landscape

The dry, volcanic terrain of this Canary Island is suitable for lichen and crops … and for training astronauts.


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

Published December 25, 2019
Data acquired October 2, 2019

Source:
Landsat 8