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EarthView–Landsat Reveals Scar of ‘Good Burn’ at Guadalupe Mountains

EarthView–Landsat Reveals Scar of ‘Good Burn’ at Guadalupe Mountains

Not all wildfires are bad, such as the one in this week's EarthView...

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EarthView–Water, Gravity Carve Out Magnificent Canyonlands

EarthView–Water, Gravity Carve Out Magnificent Canyonlands

Landsat 8 gives us a singular view of Canyonlands National Park.

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EarthView–Fire and Rebirth: Landsat Tells Yellowstone's Story

EarthView–Fire and Rebirth: Landsat Tells Yellowstone's Story

Time may not heal all wounds, but it did a good job with this Yellowstone wildfire...

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Landsat—The Watchman that Never Sleeps

Landsat—The Watchman that Never Sleeps

In western North America, mountain pine beetles infest and ravage thousands of acres of forest lands. Landsat satellites bear witness to the onslaught...

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EarthView–Landsat, ASTER Work Together on Russian Wildfires

EarthView–Landsat, ASTER Work Together on Russian Wildfires

Satellites working together in this week’s EarthView to track a Russian Wildfire...

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EarthView–Landsat Reveals Industrial Growth in Powder River Basin

EarthView–Landsat Reveals Industrial Growth in Powder River Basin

Landsat shows how coal development in the Powder River Basin has changed the landscape since 1984...

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EarthView–Landsat 8 Imagery Reveals Heavy Flooding in Sri Lanka

EarthView–Landsat 8 Imagery Reveals Heavy Flooding in Sri Lanka

From the Fort McMurray wildfire, our EarthView turns now to flooding in Sri Lanka...

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EarthView–Landsat 8 Shows Burn Extent, Active Fire at Fort McMurray

EarthView–Landsat 8 Shows Burn Extent, Active Fire at Fort McMurray

This week’s EarthView is of the Fort McMurray wildfire again, this time showing the extent of the wildfire...

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EarthView – Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Fort McMurray, Alberta

EarthView – Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Fort McMurray, Alberta

See the Fort McMurray wildfire in Landsat's infrared in this week’s EarthView

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Mapping Water Use: Landsat and America’s Water Resources

Mapping Water Use: Landsat and America’s Water Resources

As droughts rage and aquifers dwindle, people may wonder: Is there enough water to meet all our needs?  Landsat satellites are helping to answer that...

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Free Data Proves Its Worth for Observing Earth

Free Data Proves Its Worth for Observing Earth

Since late 2008, when Landsat earth observation images were made available to all users free of charge, nearly 30 million Landsat scenes have been...

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Landsat Sees Eye of the Sahara

Landsat Sees Eye of the Sahara

Located near the western edge of the Sahara Desert, the Eye of the Sahara is a feature that resembles a large eye when viewed from space. Also known...

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