This Earth Day, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey celebrates the environment by looking back at some of the impressive data sets from Landsat, a joint mission of NASA and U.S. Geological Survey. Through these Earth images and others, scientists can monitor the place that over seven billion people call home. + more
Image courtesy of Ayse Kilic, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The image was acquired on Feb. 26, 2014 from the Landsat 8 satellite.
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Landsat Goes to the Library
Landsat made a solid showing at the annual ALA conference (considered “the world’s biggest library event”) in Washington, D.C. this month.