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Data acquired July 25, 1972
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Data acquired July 25, 1972
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First of Three Million

This image of the Dallas metro area was the very first image in the archives of the Landsat mission, launched in 1972.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story First of Three Million.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michael Carlowicz and Laura Rocchio.

Published July 23, 2012
Data acquired July 25, 1972

Source:: Landsat 1