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Landsat’s been taking Earth selfies for 50 years! 📸🌎 Dr. Chris Neigh, Landsat 9 project scientist, shares how the Landsat satellites have documented changes on Earth – revealing patterns, cycles, and trends of our environment. Beginning July 26, you can participate in The @GlobeProgram’s Land Cover Challenge and submit photos of land cover in your area. #Landsat50 #EarthFromSpace #LandCover #EarthScience
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Photo NASA Earth - Dr. Kate Fickas is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mendenhall Fellow and creator of the #LadiesOfLandsat — a group dedicated to bringing together people who use Landsat data. She uses Landsat to…
Photo NASA Earth - 53 years ago and almost 240,000 miles away, we set foot on our very own natural satellite. Apollo 11 astronauts explored the lunar surface, collecting samples to bring back to Earth. Happy…
Photo NASA Earth - How many volcanic cones can you spot? 🤔 🌋 This image shows the western portion of São Miguel Island, part of the Portuguese Azores. The Azores archipelago lies at the junction of the North…
Photo NASA Earth - Meet Dr. Jim Irons, the Director Emeritus of Goddard’s Earth Science Division! Jim worked at Goddard for 43 years, and was a project scientist for Landsat 8 from 1999 to 2021. He used #Landsat data…
Photo NASA Earth - Every year, the Lena River moves over 20 million metric tons of suspended sediment into the Laptev Sea. Some of that suspended sediment is visible flowing from beneath an ice shelf at the top right…
Photo NASA Earth - 🧂🌋🧂 The Tunupa Volcano is on a peninsula between two of Bolivia’s largest salt flats, Salar de Coipasa (top left in this image) and Salar de Uyuni (bottom right). The salt flats are typically a…

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