Nine Million Scenes in the Archive
Falkland Islands
Svalbard, Norway
Progreso, Mexico
Campfire, California
Barrier Islands, Brazil
Mississippi River Delta
Lake Superior
Egypt
Rice Fields, California
Pennsylvania Hills
[rapid shutter sounds]
Landsat archives its nine millionth scene!
Each scene is a satellite image from space
about one hundred fifteen miles wide
Researchers and, well, just about anyone
can download scenes from the Landsat archive managed by USGS.
Landsat holds the title for the longest continuous
space-based record of Earth in existence.
That’s 50 years of scenes like these, helping scientists and researchers
understand how our planet is changing over time.