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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. https://go.nasa.gov/3MlnoHf
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Tornado Razes a Path Through Wynne

A path of destruction across the Arkansas town is visible to Landsat after another tornado outbreak swept across parts the U.S.
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/42Oq1He
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Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction in Mississippi

A deadly tornado left a 29-mile-long path near Winona, which is visible in satellite images.
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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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Bidding Farewell to Virginia T. Norwood, the Mother of Landsat | Landsat Science

Virginia T. Norwood, a founding figure in the field of satellite land imaging, died on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at age 96.
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🛰️ While passing over Morocco, #Landsat 8 captured a photo of this dry, sunny basin, which is the site of a solar power station that supplies electricity to nearly 2 million Moroccans. ⚡ https://go.nasa.gov/42AoOTN
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Sunny Days in Morocco’s Ouarzazate Basin

The dry, sunny basin is the site of a solar power station that supplies electricity to nearly 2 million Moroccans.
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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).
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The Widening of Neptune Pass

The pass now has a flow five times that of New York’s Hudson River.
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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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Potosí and Cerro Rico

The Bolivian mining city—one of the highest cities in the world—grew at the foot of an eroded volcano riddled with silver.
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/3FqrY2o
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Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine

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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: https://go.nasa.gov/3T5z6GZ
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From Space to Farm

Farmers rely on the accuracy of a crucial NASA and USGS mission, Landsat, to make decisions about crops. Those decisions have far-reaching implications that can impact what you see on your dinner plate!
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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. https://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.

🔗https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150412/a-rough-year-for-rice-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. https://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. https://go.nasa.gov/3KPIeNU
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Saving a Forest of One

Overgrazing by deer poses a threat to a giant quaking aspen tree colony in Utah—one of the largest organisms in the world.
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/3IROLGI
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Landslides in Türkiye

Scientists are using satellite images to locate landslides following the powerful earthquakes that struck in early February.
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/41efMuW
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Fires Burn in Argentina’s Iberá National Park

Fueled by a heatwave and prolonged drought, fires burned the protected Argentine oasis, home to capybaras and jaguars.
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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.

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Mardi Gras Pass

This free-flowing distributary reconnects the mighty Mississippi to the wetlands of Louisiana.
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We'd love to! #Landsat means the world to us 💚🛰
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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! https://go.nasa.gov/3JZLaak
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A Super View of Arizona

State Farm Stadium, the site of Super Bowl LVII, stands out from the surrounding desert landscape when viewed from above.
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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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In this preliminary damage proxy map, made with data from #Landsat and Japan’s ALOS-2 satellite, dark red areas are likely to have severe damage to buildings, homes, and infrastructure or changes to the landscape. Orange and yellow areas are moderately or partially damaged.
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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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These false-color images show a detailed view of the Betsiboka River acquired by #Landsat 9. Flooding was widespread when the image was taken on Jan. 27, 2023.
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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. ❄️https://go.nasa.gov/3JvzlZu
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Wintry Dunes on Earth and Mars

Dunes on both planets occasionally get blanketed with ice and snow—except on Earth the white stuff is frozen water and on Mars it’s often frozen carbon dioxide.
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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. http://go.nasa.gov/1333
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These #Landsat images from 2002 (left), when water levels were near peak, and 2022 (right) show how much Lake Albert has shrunk.
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Using #Landsat data, the team also identified fields using cover crops. They found that, from 2011 to 2021, the area where cover crops were planted increased from 1.8% to 7.2%.
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The break occurred along a rift known as Chasm 1. In 2021, #Landsat 8 captured the extent of the chasm and several other cracks across the northeast part of the shelf.
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👀 We’ve had our eyes on it for a while. The break occurred along a rift known as Chasm 1. In 2021, #Landsat 8 captured the extent of the chasm and several other cracks across the northeast part of the shelf.
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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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Racing to Mine Lithium

One way of harvesting the valuable metal involves the use of evaporation ponds that concentrate the substance into lithium-rich brines.
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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.
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Kilauea Glows

After three weeks of rest, lava started flowing again on Kilauea’s summit.
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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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Summer in Connecticut

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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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Kaitoku Says Hello

Swirls of discolored water are signs of activity from the underwater volcano.
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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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Ireland’s Cutaway Peatlands

Peatlands have been mined in Ireland for centuries, but concern for climate is changing how they are managed.
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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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50 Years of Landsat

We're celebrating 50 years of Landsat.
Yvette Smith (NASA)
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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.

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Saba Island

The quiet Caribbean island has been a destination for divers looking to spot corals and sea urchins.
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