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A Ring of Green Around Surgut

Changing temperatures and development are altering the vegetation around this city in West Siberia.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Ring of Green Around Surgut .

NASA Earth Observatory images by Mike Taylor and Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and NDVI trend data courtesy of Victoria Miles/NERSC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 25, 2018
Data acquired August 22, 2016

Sources:: Landsat 8 > OLI; Terra > MODIS