The yellow square is 30 meters on a side, exactly the size of a single pixel of Landsat data and slightly larger than a baseball diamond. The aerial photograph on the right shows Target Field in Minneapolis. The Landsat data on the left shows healthy vegetation in green while streets and buildings range from reddish-brown to white. Landsat’s spatial resolution of 30 meters allows us to see the landscape at a human scale while simultaneously collecting data across a broad swath 185 kilometers (or 115 miles) wide.
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+ Zoom into Target Field with Landsat [flickr]
![Natural-color Landsat 8 image of an algae bloom in Lake Erie. The bloom appears green and contrasts with blue water.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/erie_oli_2017269-1024x576.jpg)
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Anyone making innovative use of Landsat data to meet societal needs today and during coming decades is encouraged to submit and abstract for the upcoming “Emerging Science Applications of Landsat” session at AGU24.