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Columbia Glacier, Alaska
The Columbia Glacier has retreated more than 12 miles since 1980.
Bejing, 1978 and 2010
One of the oldest and one of the most crowded cities in the world.
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
The first ever, high-resolution, true color map of Antarctica. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010400/a010416/LIMA_wVO_ipod_gal.png
Columbia Glacier, Alaska
The Columbia Glacier has retreated more than 12 miles since 1980. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011030/11030_columbia_1986-2011_timelapse_gal.png
Bejing, 1978 and 2010
One of the oldest and one of the most crowded cities in the world. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003791/beijing_2010.1020_gal.png
Phoenix 1972-2012
Agriculture shifts to neighborhoods over the course of four decades. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011041/Phoenix_timelapse_gal.png
Dead Sea Salt Farming
View changes in the Dead Sea over 40 years as salt farms multiply.
LDCM Orbit Swaths
LDCM orbits 13 times each day, and covers the whole Earth in 16 days.
News Archives
Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
< ![CDATA[In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life.]]>
Landsat 7 Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[Animations of Landsat 7 in orbit around the Earth.]]>
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
< ![CDATA[OLI, the Operational Land Imager, gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in Arizona.]]>
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
Landsat in the FY2013 USGS Budget Request
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Marcia McNutt, recently spoke at a briefing on the FY2013 budget request for USGS, which includes $53.3 million for Landsat 5 and 7
News Archives
Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
< ![CDATA[In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life.]]>
Landsat 7 Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[Animations of Landsat 7 in orbit around the Earth.]]>
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
< ![CDATA[OLI, the Operational Land Imager, gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in Arizona.]]>
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
Landsat in the FY2013 USGS Budget Request
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Marcia McNutt, recently spoke at a briefing on the FY2013 budget request for USGS, which includes $53.3 million for Landsat 5 and 7