The Landsat satellite record stretches from 1972 to the present. This gallery includes all Landsat images published on the Earth Observatory, Visible Earth, and Landsat Science web sites from all seven Landsat satellites (Landsats 1-8, Landsat 6 failed to achieve orbit). All of the images are in the public domain and may be used with attribution. The correct attribution for imagery obtained from this site is:
“Landsat imagery courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geological Survey” or “USGS/NASA Landsat”

North America’s “Galapagos” Read more

Relics of a Red World in Bighorn Basin Read more

The Making of Ski Troopers at Camp Hale Read more

South Korea Charred by Fire Read more

Building Out Chattanooga Read more

A Morphing Monument of Sand Read more

A Curtain of Dust Over the Tarim Basin Read more

Floodwaters Surge Through the Australian Outback Read more

Wildland Fires Char U.S. Southeast Forests Read more