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Spotting the Rise of Swine Lagoons

Researchers used satellite images to chronicle the historical expansion of eastern North Carolina’s swine farming industry.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data courtesy of Montefiore, L. R., et al. (2022). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published June 13, 2022
Data acquired 2010

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI