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Experiences surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s time spent working on a tobacco farm likely influenced his future as a minister and civil rights activist.

This #Landsat 9 image shows the Meadowood tobacco farm, where King worked, in Simsbury, CT. https://go.nasa.gov/3X8BbmJ
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These swirls of discolored water are signs that Kaitoku, a triple-peaked submarine volcano north of Io Jima, is active. 🌊🌋

@nasa’s #Landsat 8 satellite captured these images on Jan. 3, 2023. Activity started in August 2022 has continued periodically. https://go.nasa.gov/3GFjh4i
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This #Landsat image shows an area of central Ireland where multiple peat bogs – water-logged ecosystems that can store thousands of years of carbon in their soil – have been dug up for fuel. https://go.nasa.gov/3CndcIs
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We celebrated 50 years of the #Landsat satellite. 🥳

For half a decade, the mission has collected data on Earth’s forests, farms, urban areas, and freshwater, generating the longest continuous record of its kind.https://go.nasa.gov/3C6Tv7j
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Scientists mapped the thickness of the lava flows from Mauna Loa with @nasa aircraft. 🌋🛩

The airborne data is overlaid on a #Landsat 8 image with topography from a digital elevation model.

Thicker lava flows are shown in yellow and thinner in teal.
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#Landsat 8 captured this natural color image of Saba Island, an active stratovolcano located about 140 kilometers east of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

🌋 https://go.nasa.gov/3j6wdYV
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#Landsat 9 captured this image of Mexico City, still showing the signs of an ancient network of canals and chinampas – small stationary “floating” garden beds – in the Valley of Mexico. https://go.nasa.gov/3j4Qf5W
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In a new study, scientists used #Landsat imagery from @nasa/@usgs to track shoreline changes and dramatic wetlands losses in Louisiana from 1984 to 2020.

The state lost nearly 21 square miles of important and vulnerable wetland ecosystems every year. https://go.nasa.gov/3UVZHFN
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#Landsat 8 captured the image below showing harvested wheat around the town of Bereznehuvate compared to unharvested wheat around Velyka Oleksandrivka.

Satellite data help provide rapid agricultural assessments, important for markets and food security. https://go.nasa.gov/3HwH3Bs
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Earth has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes in the past 20 years, a new @nasa study using #Landsat data shows.

Degrading marsh habitats releases carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere. https://go.nasa.gov/3UEtIdg
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The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is still erupting.

The @nasa/@USGS Landsat 9 satellite captured this image on Dec. 2. Infrared data from #Landsat’s OLI-2, which detects heat, is overlaid in red, indicating the presence of lava.

🌋: https://go.nasa.gov/3iEuU2Y
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Farms in Turkey's district of Elmalı (which means "apple") grow 12% of the country's apples! 🍎

This photo of the region was taken by the @nasa @usgs #Landsat 8 satellite. 📸 🛰
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147125/farming-in-turkeys-mountains
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Since the best way to enjoy #Thanksgiving pie is a slice of BOTH apple and pumpkin... 👇

Illinois grows the most pumpkins of any U.S. state by acreage and weight of its harvest. This @nasa/@usgs #Landsat 8 image shows a major hub of pumpkin growing and processing. 🎃
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From space, cranberry bogs look like large red splotches in the surrounding green and brown landscape near Plymouth, Massachusetts. #Landsat
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150643/cranberry-bogs-in-plymouth-county
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Before the Strait of Tartary began its seasonal freeze-up, #Landsat 9 acquired this image of the strait’s colorful, dynamic waters. https://go.nasa.gov/3grY8Bg
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A #Landsat view of the stadiums built in and around Doha for the #WorldCup. https://go.nasa.gov/3AsZeUu
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