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The image above is an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite image of Alaska.

Growing Data

Improved satellite data from Landsat and AVHRR produce false color maps for environmental scientists.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
This image is a south view from the Skukuza FLUXNET tower in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

From the Ground Up

Science teams collaborate to validate MODIS land cover data, thereby improving data quality and increasing data accessibility.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
These photographs show the Sonoran Desert in different stages: normal vegetation (upper left), burning desert (upper right), and a landscape with burned areas in the foreground and unburned desert behind.

Flame & Flood

ASTER data help evaluate fire scars by using VNIR to find differences in vegetation.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
MODIS imagery in use as the basis for calculating fire emissions of carbon dioxide.

Fiery Temperament

Publication from NASA ESDIS describing research uses of data from EOSDIS - land systems can change from something desirable to something undesirable.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
ASTER acquired this image of Mount St. Helens on August 8, 2000.

Domes of Destruction

Scientists study Mount Unzen in Japan to explore the use of satellite data to monitor volcanic domes.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
This maize in Zimbabwe appears to be thriving in its early stages, but its grain yield will depend on proper timing of rains.

Distant Fields of Grain

Remote estimates of crop yields help international aid agencies decide how to act.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
Roman roads, now pressed into modern service, wind through the Burgundy landscape.

Burgundy through Space and Time

Anthropologists and archaeologists explore how people and the environment interact over thousands of years.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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