Pops of Poppies 🌼🌼

After California’s particularly wet winter: a sea of wildflowers. Orange, gold, and yellow flowers flood the valleys and hills of Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in this image by #Landsat 8.

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Two major eruptions on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula blasted volcanic material into the stratosphere within the same week.

The first erupted on April 7, captured in this image by #Landsat 8, with a second, more powerful eruption on April 10. go.nasa.gov/43qAvg6 🌋 🌋
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Intense winter rains in Southern California blossomed into a magnificent display of wildflowers. #Landsat saw it best in this image of Carrizo Plain National Monument captured on April 6, 2023. ⤵️

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As coastal waters heat up, rains and floods are swamping Peru.

These #Landsat images show before (left) and after (right) flood waters from two nearby rivers filled Lago La Niña. 🌧️ go.nasa.gov/40XmxAN
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Did you guess the puzzler?

It’s Crater Lake in Oregon! At 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep, Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and among the deepest in the world. #Landsat captured this picture of the lake on March 18, 2023.
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#Landsat captured a tornado’s path of destruction across Arkansas.

Severe thunderstorms tore through the U.S. Midwest and Mid-South where they spawned dozens of tornadoes across seven states. go.nasa.gov/3MlnoHf
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#Landsat data gives eradication specialists a head start at knowing where farmers are growing cotton, which typically isn’t reported until later in the growing season.

In this image, light green fields are cotton, while darker fields are mostly sorghum or corn.
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A tornado moved through Mississippi on March 24, leaving a 29-mile-long tornado track near the city of Winona.

The tornado’s path is visible in #Landsat satellite imagery captured the next day. go.nasa.gov/42Oq1He
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This #Landsat 9 image shows the path of a subsequent, weaker tornado near Winona, Mississippi.

(The path of the stronger tornado was outside the view of Landsat 9.)
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We mourn the loss of Virginia T. Norwood, known as the “Mother of Landsat.” She designed the first space-based multispectral scanner that flew on the first #Landsat. Her impact lives on in how we see Earth from space.

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Once a small canal, Louisiana's Neptune Pass has widened to become a major channel in the last six years.

#Landsat 8 captured these images before the canal widened (left) in 2019 and after in 2023 (right).
Full story: go.nasa.gov/3nc1rzI
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Potosí, the Bolivian mining city and one of the highest cities in the world, grew at the foot of an eroded volcano riddled with silver.

#Landsat 8 captured this image of Potosí and the nearby mountain, Cerro Rico, on November 24, 2022.

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The mountains of southeastern California are home to a large rare-earth element mine.

#Landsat 8 captured this image of the Mountain Pass Mine, with an open-pit area that extends 800 meters (2,600 feet) across and more than 180 meters (590 feet) deep. go.nasa.gov/3FqrY2o
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What’s for dinner?

The #Landsat mission observes crops from space, helping farmers make decisions about how to better grow food. In this data sonification, see and hear how crops in the U.S. have changed over 20 years.

How #Landsat data is used: go.nasa.gov/3T5z6GZ
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The Mississippi River Valley is home to most of the rice farms in the United States. 🌾🍚

This #Landsat 9 image shows the patchwork of flooded rice fields in southwestern Louisiana on February 3, 2023. go.nasa.gov/3LmwPFw
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Flooded rice fields are easier to see in this false-color #Landsat image taken on February 3, 2023.

Inundated fields appear dark blue in the false-color image and vegetation is bright green. Raised levees used for water management form the grid pattern between the fields. 🌾
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Our view from space can also show us how crops like rice are growing.

Satellites like #Landsat and Terra helped map a drop in rice acreage during a drought in Sacramento’s Central Valley – normally the largest rice-growing region in California.

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After torrential rains in São Paulo, a state in southeast Brazil, #Landsat images revealed widespread landslides in the coastal São Sebastião municipality.

This Feb. 26 image shows landslides across the hilly landscape between Jaqueí and Praia da Baleia. go.nasa.gov/3EVK3VZ
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Landslides in São Paulo, Brazil

After torrential rains, satellite images revealed widespread landslides in the Brazilian state’s coastal municipality of São Sebastião.

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Overgrazing by deer poses a threat to a giant quaking aspen tree colony in Utah that scientists have named Pando.

In this image by #Landsat 9, Pando’s yellow leaves are visible for about 200 meters on either side of State Route 25. go.nasa.gov/3KPIeNU
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Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the devastating earthquakes in parts of Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023.

This #Landsat 9 image shows small landslides along a valley east of Sarıseki, Türkiye, on Feb. 14. go.nasa.gov/3IROLGI
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Fueled by a heatwave and prolonged drought, fires continue to burn in the Iberá National Park in northeastern Argentina.

The fires began in late December 2022 and were still ablaze when #Landsat 9 took these images on Feb. 19, 2023. go.nasa.gov/41efMuW
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This false-color image makes it easier to distinguish unburned vegetation (green) from the recently burned landscapes (brown).

The image was made using infrared, near infrared, and visible light data from #Landsat 9.
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Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💛💚

During Mardi Gras season in 2012, the Mississippi River broke through its eastern bank and created a new channel to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mardi Gras Pass. #Landsat 8 recently captured this image of the pass.

Learn more: go.nasa.gov/41km8t0
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These #Landsat images show how the rain replenished the two largest reservoirs in California: Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville.

However, the precipitation is likely insufficient to reverse the long-term groundwater depletion according to research by @nasagoddard scientists.
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Are you ready for the #SuperBowl? We are! 🏈

#Landsat took this photo of State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ.

And in 2020, NASA's ICESat-2 satellite measured the relative elevation of the stadium, which stands over 200 feet tall! go.nasa.gov/3JZLaak
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Today is the 10th anniversary of #Landsat 8! 🎉 🌍

For over 50 years, the @nasa / @USGS Landsat mission has studied our planet, providing the longest continuous record of Earth from space.
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This false-color #Landsat 8 image shows fires near Santa Juana

It combines shortwave infrared, near infrared, and visible light to make it easier to identify the unburned vegetated areas (green) and recently burned landscapes (brown). Active fires are shown in red.
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Did you get it right?

The #Landsat 9 images show a snow-covered desert landscape and sand dunes near the Keriya River in the Xinjiang region of western China, taken after a powerful winter storm earlier this month. ❄️go.nasa.gov/3JvzlZu
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Update on berg A-81🧊

This #Landsat image from Jan. 25 shows the A-81 berg on the left and the new front of the Brunt Ice Shelf on the right.

According to a @NASAGoddard glaciologist, satellite images show the front has retreated 20 km since 1973. go.nasa.gov/1333
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Earth in blues and browns 💙🤎

Nevada’s Clayton Valley, the site of the only active lithium mine in the United States, is shown in this #Landsat 9 image captured on December 8, 2022.
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The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Jan. 5, 2023 according to @usgs.

This image made from #Landsat 8 data shows a satellite view of the volcano from Jan. 11 overlaid with the infrared signature (in red) from the lava’s heat.
🌋: go.nasa.gov/3IRSVhZ
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