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Image: Zebra swallowtail butterfly on a blade of grass
Zebra swallowtail butterfly on a blade of grass
Zebra swallowtail butterfly on a blade of grass
Zebra swallowtail butterfly on a blade of grass

A zebra swallowtail butterfly rests on a blade of grass in an abandoned agricultural field.

A zebra swallowtail butterfly rests on a blade of grass in an abandoned agricultural field.

Image: Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field. This is the light form of the female Eastern tiger swallowtail. Females have blue scales on the upper side of the lower hindwing.

A tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field. This is the light form of the female Eastern tiger swallowtail. Females have blue scales on the upper side of the lower hindwing.

Image: Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field. This is the yellow form of the female Eastern tiger swallowtail. Females have blue scales on the lower hind wing.

A tiger swallowtail butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field. This is the yellow form of the female Eastern tiger swallowtail. Females have blue scales on the lower hind wing.

Image: Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

Image: Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

Image: Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

Image: Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower
Monarch butterfly on a plumeless thistle flower

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

A monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a plumeless thistle flower in an abandoned agricultural field.

Image: Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a backpack strap
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a backpack strap
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a backpack strap
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on a backpack strap

An adult great spangled fritillary butterfly rests on the strap of a backpack left in the sun at a field research station. It may have been attracted to the radiant heat or salts left behind on the strap in human sweat.

An adult great spangled fritillary butterfly rests on the strap of a backpack left in the sun at a field research station. It may have been attracted to the radiant heat or salts left behind on the strap in human sweat.

Image: Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on the arm of a chair
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on the arm of a chair
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on the arm of a chair
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) on the arm of a chair

An adult great spangled fritillary butterfly rests on the arm of a chair at a field research station.

An adult great spangled fritillary butterfly rests on the arm of a chair at a field research station.

Image: Butterfly Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly Specimen Souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens sold as souveniors in a market.

Image: Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Image: Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors
Butterfly and Spider Specimen Souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Image: Butterfly specimen souveniors
Butterfly specimen souveniors
Butterfly specimen souveniors
Butterfly specimen souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens sold as souveniors in a market.

Image: Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Image: Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors
Butterfly and spider specimen souveniors

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Pinned butterfly specimens and a spider sold as souveniors in a market.

Lidar pulse vs lidar return
Lidar pulse vs lidar return
Lidar pulse vs lidar return
Lidar pulse vs lidar return

Graphical illustration of lidar pulse versus a lidar return

Graphical illustration of lidar pulse versus a lidar return

Landsat 7 image showing the area near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Landsat 7 image showing the area near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Landsat 7 image showing the area near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico
Landsat 7 image showing the area near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico

Example of the Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 2 level-1 product. This Landsat 7 image was acquired on January 1, 2003 near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico and is shown as a natural color composite using the red, green, and blue bands (bands 3,2,1).

Example of the Landsat 7 ETM+ Collection 2 level-1 product. This Landsat 7 image was acquired on January 1, 2003 near Ciudad Obregón, Mexico and is shown as a natural color composite using the red, green, and blue bands (bands 3,2,1).

New York Landsat State Mosaic
New York Landsat State Mosaic
New York Landsat State Mosaic
New York Landsat State Mosaic

New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest publicly-protected area in the conterminous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined.

Capital Albany

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 20,201,249

New York’s Adirondack Park is the largest publicly-protected area in the conterminous United States, greater in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined.

Capital Albany

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 20,201,249

Brooks Range, Alaska: View southward from Fortress Mountain Formation on Atigun syncline
Fortress Mountain Formation, Brooks Range
Fortress Mountain Formation, Brooks Range
Fortress Mountain Formation, Brooks Range

View southward from Fortress Mountain Formation on Atigun syncline towards Brooks Range.  Trans-Alaska Pipeline, haul road, and Galbraith Lake in valley.  Location in Brooks Range foothills, about 90 miles southeast of Umiat.

View southward from Fortress Mountain Formation on Atigun syncline towards Brooks Range.  Trans-Alaska Pipeline, haul road, and Galbraith Lake in valley.  Location in Brooks Range foothills, about 90 miles southeast of Umiat.

satellite image showing path of a tornado
Path of 2001 Siren, Wisconsin, tornado on a Landsat 7 image
Path of 2001 Siren, Wisconsin, tornado on a Landsat 7 image
Path of 2001 Siren, Wisconsin, tornado on a Landsat 7 image

This labeled Landsat 7 image from June 19, 2001, shows the path of damage caused by a June 18, 2001, tornado that passed near Siren, Wisconsin.

This labeled Landsat 7 image from June 19, 2001, shows the path of damage caused by a June 18, 2001, tornado that passed near Siren, Wisconsin.

Satellite
Terra Model (1999)
Terra Model (1999)
Terra Model (1999)

NASA launched the Terra satellite in the Earth Observing System series containing MODIS and ASTER instruments in 1999. Data from the instruments is stored at and distributed from the LP DAAC, and EROS scientists use the data in a variety of projects.

NASA launched the Terra satellite in the Earth Observing System series containing MODIS and ASTER instruments in 1999. Data from the instruments is stored at and distributed from the LP DAAC, and EROS scientists use the data in a variety of projects.