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    Jun 20, 2025
    This account is officially archived. For future #Landsat updates, please visit landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov, subscribe to our newsletter at landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/newsletter, and follow @NASAEarth/@NASAGoddard. Sharing the benefits of Landsat with you has meant the world to us. 🌎🛰
    This natural color image acquired by Landsat 5 on Dec. 14, 2004, shows the middle portion of the archipelago, including Auckland and Whale Bays. Swirling patterns are visible in the near-shore waters as sediments carried by rivers slowly settle out and are deposited on the seafloor. The heavy sediment loads make the river appear nearly white. As those sediments settle out, the seawater appears deeper shades of blue. The tropical rainforests of the region appear deep green.
    This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor on July 27, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared, and red wavelengths.
    On November 4, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this image of evaporation ponds. Color variations in the ponds are due to varying concentrations of salt in the water; lighter blue ponds have higher concentrations of lithium. The network of canals and hundreds of pumps around the evaporation ponds form the grid patterns around the clusters of ponds.
    On April 15, 2023, the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 captured a vibrant view of a wild poppy bloom. Canary yellow flowers in the upper left of the image pop out. The yellow flowers are surrounded by panels from a solar farm.
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    Apr 3, 2023
    You’ve probably seen artists’ renderings of #Landsat satellites in orbit... but how about an *actual image* of a satellite in orbit? Thanks to Maxar, we now have images of Landsat 8 orbiting Earth from the WorldView-3 satellite. Enjoy! 🛰️
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    Aug 3, 2021
    5 decades. 9 million images. 32 contenders. Only one can be crowned champion in The #Landsat Games... Round 1 starts today. Make your choices known: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-ear…
    Some of the Landsat Games contenders
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    Nov 5, 2021
    #Landsat 9 First Light Images 👏🙌😍 svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13987
    Australia's Admiralty Gulf
    Himalayas
    Detroit
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    Feb 4, 2025
    Is it the letter S? Is it a lightning bolt? No, it’s Japan’s Sado Island! Two parallel mountain ranges of volcanic origin define the island, separated by an alluvial plain. In the hills, volcanic activity formed gold and silver deposits. 🌋 go.nasa.gov/40PGWdk
    A natural-color Landsat 8 satellite image of Japan’s Sado Island. White text in this image highlights the Sea of Japan, Lake Kamo, Aikawa-Tsurushi Gold and Silver Mine, and the Nishimikawa Placer Gold Mine. This island is shaped like a lightning bolt with two green mountain ranges connected by an area of tan bare earth. This image was acquired on April 22, 2024.
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    Flying High: Landsat 8 sees the International Space Station: go.nasa.gov/28QP18i h/t @gartleyatcis
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    Feb 1, 2022
    #Landsat 9 has passed its latest review and is now considered operational! Data will be publicly available in mid-February from @USGSLandsat. Further information about the #Landsat9 data release will be announced on the @USGS website.
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    NASA/USGS Landsat 9 Passes Review, Now Operational - NASA Science
    Landsat 9, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), passed its post-launch assessment review and is now in its operational phase.
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    Jul 22, 2019
    #ICYMI #Landsat data was used to create this graphic in a recent @washingtonpost story: The price of ‘progress’ in the Amazon washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/…
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    Feb 10, 2022
    #Landsat 9 data is officially available to the public! Since the satellite launched, there have been many steps before we could call it fully operational. ⬇️ [1/5]
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    Apr 16, 2021
    Virginia T. Norwood, the engineer responsible for the first #Landsat multispectral scanner, has been honored with the 2021 @ASPRSorg Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations, Virginia! #MotherOfLandsat More: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/virgin…
    Virginia T. Norwood with ASPRS Lifetime Achivement Award
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    Jul 8, 2021
    The #Landsat 9 satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Hats off to all our mission partners who helped get #Landsat9 to Vandenberg! Details: landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/landsa…
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    Dec 8, 2022
    Happy #CoralsWeek! 🪸 Coral reefs provide habitat for more than 1 million species of plants and animals and data from the #Landsat series of satellites has allowed scientists to map and monitor these ecosystems on a global scale.
    Mosaic of 12 different coral reefs across the globe as seen by Landsat.
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    Dec 21, 2022
    Are you ready for #Landsat Next? 🛰️ With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light and thermal energy, @NASA/@USGS Landsat Next will provide finer resolution and more frequent data to monitor Earth’s changing surface. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/3va23GU
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