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Landslide in Langtang Valley

The powerful earthquake in Nepal triggered a destructive landslide that completely buried a village.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland. Thanks to Walter Immerzeel and Philip Kraaijenbrink for help in locating the Landsat data.

Published May 5, 2015
Data acquired April 11, 2014 - April 30, 2015

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI