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![A black cow stands in a green pasture eating grass.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cow_Amy_Spielmaker_2022utah.jpg)
Meat of the Matter: Colorado River Over-Consumed
More water is taken from the Colorado River than it has to give. Better water use accounting made possible by Landsat provides needed guidance for difficult water use decisions.
![A Digital Earth Australia (DEA) visualization](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/44fe2c.png)
Australian Intertidal Zone Exposed: Landsat and Sentinel-2 Provide Information on Dynamic Region
This month, the Digital Earth Australia (DEA) team released a new Landsat and Sentinel-2 based intertidal data product. The new data set characterizes the tidal shoreline zone of Australia in more detail than ever before.
![The Landsat table at LCLUC highlighted various outreach materials and displayed information about the Landsat Next mission, HLS, and the STELLA DIY handheld instruments.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LCLUC_table2-scaled.jpg)
Landsat & LCLUC: Science Meeting Highlights
Outreach specialists from the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team participated in community engagement efforts at the joint NASA and University of Maryland Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) meeting.
![A thumbnail for a video titled Data in Harmony, NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NASA_HLS_Thumb-1.png)
Data in Harmony: NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project
NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) project is a groundbreaking initiative that combines data from Landsats 8 & 9 with the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A & 2B satellites.
![](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/satellite-openet-brazil.webp)
Expanding OpenET Across Amazon Basin
The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.
![An infrared-color image of sea ice in Antarctic Peninsula](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/leapscenezm_oli_20230722_th-KG32Se.jpeg)
Scenes from the Polar Night
Landsat satellites have begun regularly acquiring images of ice at the poles during the winter, with enlightening results.
![STELLA Photos](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/STELLA-Photos-copy-scaled.jpg)
STELLA Spring Webinar: April 15, 2024
STELLA users will talk about their experiences using the DIY spectrometer during this webinar. Panelists include Bianca Cilento (RIT), Karen Karker (SUNY), and Peder Nelson (OSU and NASA GLOBE Observer).
![The GLAMR integrating sphere mounted on the thermal vacuum chamber during Landsat 9 OLI-2 testing.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OLI2GLAMR_March2024nb.jpg)
Landsat 9’s Operational Land Imager 2: A Well-Known Instrument
Landsat 9’s OLI-2 instrument was characterized in unprecedented detail using a new laser-based method of in-band spectral response testing. A continuous relative spectral response dataset and pre-launch testing details have been published in a recent paper.
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![False-color Landsat 9 image of iceberg A-83 acquired by the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on May 22, 2024.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/brunt_iceberg_oli2_20240522.jpg)
Antarctic Ice Shelf Spawns Iceberg A-83
The Brunt Ice Shelf lost a large wedge of floating ice, the third sizeable iceberg to calve from the shelf in recent years. The TIRS instrument on Landsat 9 captured false-color images of the calving.
![Members of Australia’s New South Wales Rural Fire Service monitor a fire in a remote region of the state that is also home to utility company transition lines. Credit: Indji Systems.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/firms_auscrew_art.jpg)
Spotted by Satellite: Situational Awareness in Fiery Times
The Australian company Indji Systems uses a variety of satellite data to provide real-time hazard monitoring and alerts to utility and renewable energy companies across Australia, North America and Europe.
![Allison Nussbaum sits at the Landsat table at Maryland Day on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The change-over-time activity cubes can be seen on the left.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MDDay.jpg)
Exploring Earth from Above: Landsat Outreach at Maryland Day
The Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team supported Maryland Day, hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
![Allison Nussbaum hands out matching cards for the Chesapeake Bay mat to a group of elementary schoolers.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EarthDay14b-scaled.jpg)
Landsat Outreach: Celebrating Earth Day 2024
On April 18 and 19, Landsat outreach coordinators Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum, and Michael Taylor supported the Earth Day event at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C.
![A black cow stands in a green pasture eating grass.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cow_Amy_Spielmaker_2022utah.jpg)
Meat of the Matter: Colorado River Over-Consumed
More water is taken from the Colorado River than it has to give. Better water use accounting made possible by Landsat provides needed guidance for difficult water use decisions.
![A Digital Earth Australia (DEA) visualization](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/44fe2c.png)
Australian Intertidal Zone Exposed: Landsat and Sentinel-2 Provide Information on Dynamic Region
This month, the Digital Earth Australia (DEA) team released a new Landsat and Sentinel-2 based intertidal data product. The new data set characterizes the tidal shoreline zone of Australia in more detail than ever before.
![The Landsat table at LCLUC highlighted various outreach materials and displayed information about the Landsat Next mission, HLS, and the STELLA DIY handheld instruments.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LCLUC_table2-scaled.jpg)
Landsat & LCLUC: Science Meeting Highlights
Outreach specialists from the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team participated in community engagement efforts at the joint NASA and University of Maryland Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) meeting.
![A thumbnail for a video titled Data in Harmony, NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NASA_HLS_Thumb-1.png)
Data in Harmony: NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project
NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) project is a groundbreaking initiative that combines data from Landsats 8 & 9 with the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A & 2B satellites.
![](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/satellite-openet-brazil.webp)
Expanding OpenET Across Amazon Basin
The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.
News Archives
![False-color Landsat 9 image of iceberg A-83 acquired by the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on May 22, 2024.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/brunt_iceberg_oli2_20240522.jpg)
Antarctic Ice Shelf Spawns Iceberg A-83
The Brunt Ice Shelf lost a large wedge of floating ice, the third sizeable iceberg to calve from the shelf in recent years. The TIRS instrument on Landsat 9 captured false-color images of the calving.
![Members of Australia’s New South Wales Rural Fire Service monitor a fire in a remote region of the state that is also home to utility company transition lines. Credit: Indji Systems.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/firms_auscrew_art.jpg)
Spotted by Satellite: Situational Awareness in Fiery Times
The Australian company Indji Systems uses a variety of satellite data to provide real-time hazard monitoring and alerts to utility and renewable energy companies across Australia, North America and Europe.
![Allison Nussbaum sits at the Landsat table at Maryland Day on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. The change-over-time activity cubes can be seen on the left.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MDDay.jpg)
Exploring Earth from Above: Landsat Outreach at Maryland Day
The Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team supported Maryland Day, hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
![Allison Nussbaum hands out matching cards for the Chesapeake Bay mat to a group of elementary schoolers.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EarthDay14b-scaled.jpg)
Landsat Outreach: Celebrating Earth Day 2024
On April 18 and 19, Landsat outreach coordinators Ross Walter, Allison Nussbaum, and Michael Taylor supported the Earth Day event at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C.
![A black cow stands in a green pasture eating grass.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cow_Amy_Spielmaker_2022utah.jpg)
Meat of the Matter: Colorado River Over-Consumed
More water is taken from the Colorado River than it has to give. Better water use accounting made possible by Landsat provides needed guidance for difficult water use decisions.
![A Digital Earth Australia (DEA) visualization](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/44fe2c.png)
Australian Intertidal Zone Exposed: Landsat and Sentinel-2 Provide Information on Dynamic Region
This month, the Digital Earth Australia (DEA) team released a new Landsat and Sentinel-2 based intertidal data product. The new data set characterizes the tidal shoreline zone of Australia in more detail than ever before.
![The Landsat table at LCLUC highlighted various outreach materials and displayed information about the Landsat Next mission, HLS, and the STELLA DIY handheld instruments.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LCLUC_table2-scaled.jpg)
Landsat & LCLUC: Science Meeting Highlights
Outreach specialists from the Landsat Communications and Public Engagement team participated in community engagement efforts at the joint NASA and University of Maryland Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) meeting.
![A thumbnail for a video titled Data in Harmony, NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NASA_HLS_Thumb-1.png)
Data in Harmony: NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Project
NASA’s Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) project is a groundbreaking initiative that combines data from Landsats 8 & 9 with the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A & 2B satellites.
![](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/satellite-openet-brazil.webp)
Expanding OpenET Across Amazon Basin
The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.