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”
Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes Read more
Truly Giant Cuttlefish in False Bay Read more
Waiting to Unload Read more
Satellites View California Oil Spill Read more
A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge Read more
What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires? Read more
Troubled Waters Read more
Looking Up and Out from Sunspot Read more
Lava Burns a Path Through La Palma Read more