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Hunting Landslides with Landsat

A combination of seismographic data and satellite imagery is making it easier for scientists to locate elusive landslides. In summer 2013, Landsat 8 helped pinpoint a slide in eastern Alaska.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Hunting Landslides with Landsat.

Pleaides satellite images are copyright Astrium. Images created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Pleaides data provided courtesy of Colin Stark (Columbia University) and Landsat 8 data provided by the the U.S. Geological Survey. Stark’s research is supported by the National Science Foundation. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published August 30, 2013
Data acquired July 24 - August 13, 2013

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI