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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is the 8th satellite in the 40-year successful Landsat program.

LDCM lifts off from Vandenburg AFB on top of an Atlas V rocket!

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is the 8th satellite in the 40-year successful Landsat program. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011100/a011166/Screen_Shot_2013-01-10_at_10.14.41_AM_gal.png

Broadcast quality video package. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011035/Thumb_Nail_gal.png

Landsat’s data archive allows us to trace the life history of each spot of land. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004000/a004013/landtrendr_agu35.08000_gal.png

LDCM lifts off from Vandenburg AFB on top of an Atlas V rocket! thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011100/a011177/LDCM_launch_animation_gal.png

After decades of disappearing into the Chesapeake Bay, Poplar Island is being rebuilt.

Vineyards and forest management companies both rely on Landsat data.

It’s marshland vs. ocean on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.

After decades of disappearing into the Chesapeake Bay, Poplar Island is being rebuilt. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011028/G2012-075_Poplar_Island_timelapse-short_gal.png

Vineyards and forest management companies both rely on Landsat data. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/Landsat/Grapes-Close-up_gal.png

It’s marshland vs. ocean on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011042/7-Loveland-1-Pecan_series_gal.png

Wildfires and logging have made their imprint on forests in Trinity County, California.

Forest loss from timber harvesting and mountain top removal mining in the Southeast US, 2005-2010.

U.S. cities as viewed by Landsat.

An illustration explaining the process of evapotranspiration.

Flyover the Eastern US, highlighting areas of forest loss, 2005-2010.

Cities around the world have grown under Landsat’s watch. Our Flickr page has then and now comparisons.

Observe the spreading loss of Amazon forest in western Brazil, in the state of Rondonia.

U.S. cities as viewed by Landsat. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011050/Baltimore_321_crop_1920_1080_gal.png

Cities around the world have grown under Landsat’s watch. Our Flickr page has then and now comparisons. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/Landsat/chandler_compare_1985-2011_thm.png

An illustration explaining the process of evapotranspiration. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010926/evapotranspiration_text_gal.png

Forest loss from timber harvesting and mountain top removal mining in the Southeast US, 2005-2010. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003964/ouachita.03800_gal.png

Observe the spreading loss of Amazon forest in western Brazil, in the state of Rondonia. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003967/Rondonia-2005_gal.png

Flyover the Eastern US, highlighting areas of forest loss, 2005-2010. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003953/MtMining_still.08900_gal.png

Wildfires and logging have made their imprint on forests in Trinity County, California. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011040/Trinity_fires_gal.png