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Satellites are helping farmers in the Rio Grande Valley take on the cotton-loving beetles.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and cropland data from USDA NASS. Photograph by Steve Ausmus (USDA/ARS). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 3, 2023
Data acquired May 13, 2022

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph
Sentinel-2
Collection:
Science in Action