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The National Land Imaging Program supports a variety of geospatial data programs and projects, including the USGS Landsat Program. Browse the images below to see some of the imagery produced using NLI-supported data sources.
The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. It connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan and spans five miles over the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet.
Capital Lansing
Image Source Landsat 8
The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. It connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan and spans five miles over the Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet.
Capital Lansing
Image Source Landsat 8
Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined. It is sometimes called the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” but it actually has 12,000 lakes, three-fourths of which are four hectares (10 acres) or more in size.
Capital St. Paul
Image Source Landsat 8
Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined. It is sometimes called the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” but it actually has 12,000 lakes, three-fourths of which are four hectares (10 acres) or more in size.
Capital St. Paul
Image Source Landsat 8
Hernando DeSoto, a Spanish explorer, discovered the Mississippi River in 1540. It is the largest river in the United States and is the country’s chief waterway. Its nickname is “Old Man River.”
Capital Jackson
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 2,961,279
Hernando DeSoto, a Spanish explorer, discovered the Mississippi River in 1540. It is the largest river in the United States and is the country’s chief waterway. Its nickname is “Old Man River.”
Capital Jackson
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 2,961,279
During the Cold War, the Emergency Relocation Center was built to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack. It is located beneath the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Capital Charleston
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 1,793,716
During the Cold War, the Emergency Relocation Center was built to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack. It is located beneath the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Capital Charleston
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 1,793,716
Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes. It also has 7,446 streams and rivers, which if placed end to end would stretch nearly 27,000 miles–more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
Capital Madison
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 5,893,718
Wisconsin has more than 15,000 lakes. It also has 7,446 streams and rivers, which if placed end to end would stretch nearly 27,000 miles–more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
Capital Madison
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 5,893,718
Wyoming is home to the country’s first official national park–Yellowstone, the country’s first national forest–Shoshone, and the country’s first national monument–Devil’s Tower.
Capital Cheyenne
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 576,851
Wyoming is home to the country’s first official national park–Yellowstone, the country’s first national forest–Shoshone, and the country’s first national monument–Devil’s Tower.
Capital Cheyenne
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 576,851
This Lidar scan shows the South Dakota Capitol Building in Pierre, South Dakota.
The EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) provides system and data quality research in support of the USGS National 3D Elevation Program.
This Lidar scan shows the South Dakota Capitol Building in Pierre, South Dakota.
The EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) provides system and data quality research in support of the USGS National 3D Elevation Program.
This Uncrewed Aerial System Composite Image is an example of 3-dimensional data capture technology.
This Uncrewed Aerial System Composite Image is an example of 3-dimensional data capture technology.
Arizona is blessed with many natural wonders including the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest/Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Meteor Crater, and Superstition Mountain.
Capital Phoenix
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 7,151,502
Arizona is blessed with many natural wonders including the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest/Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Meteor Crater, and Superstition Mountain.
Capital Phoenix
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 7,151,502
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October 2019. A pair of images taken just 10 days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires.
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October 2019. A pair of images taken just 10 days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires.
Star dunes, colored red by iron oxide sand, are seen in this Landsat scene from Sossusvlei in Namibia.
Star dunes, colored red by iron oxide sand, are seen in this Landsat scene from Sossusvlei in Namibia.
Abnormally high spring rainfall and subsequent flooding in the Midwest in 2019 had a season-long impact on cropland production.
Abnormally high spring rainfall and subsequent flooding in the Midwest in 2019 had a season-long impact on cropland production.
An earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 leveled cities and left 18,000 people dead along the east coast of Japan.
The government responded with a plan to build hundreds of sea walls in hopes of protecting coastal communities from future disasters.
An earthquake and tsunami in March of 2011 leveled cities and left 18,000 people dead along the east coast of Japan.
The government responded with a plan to build hundreds of sea walls in hopes of protecting coastal communities from future disasters.
The high-water marks set by the Big Sioux River in cities across southeastern South Dakota have threatened to overtake records set 50 years ago, when the Army Corps of Engineers led missions to document the damage through hundreds of aerial photographs.
The high-water marks set by the Big Sioux River in cities across southeastern South Dakota have threatened to overtake records set 50 years ago, when the Army Corps of Engineers led missions to document the damage through hundreds of aerial photographs.
(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.
(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Landsat image of ice caps in northern Savernaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic Islands (80 degrees N.). The scene shows zones of melting on the ice caps. The largest ice cap is about 80 km across. Image courtesy of Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.
Landsat image of ice caps in northern Savernaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic Islands (80 degrees N.). The scene shows zones of melting on the ice caps. The largest ice cap is about 80 km across. Image courtesy of Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK.
This Landsat 8 image "Ice Vortex" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.
This Landsat 8 image "Ice Vortex" is one of many beautiful images in the Earth as Art collections.
Visit https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earth-as-art to see more.