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Identifying Minerals Using ASTER

Researchers used ASTER data to generate a map identifying exposed minerals on the Conterminous United States.
Data in Action
Sept. 20, 2016
An ASTER reflectance image of the Central Eastern Desert in Egypt showing the SWIR band combination 4-6-8

Crop Monitoring, Coral Conservation, and Mineral Exploration

Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs chickpea agriculture growth in India, harmful sediment plumes affecting Colombian coral reefs, and new gold sites in Egypt's Central Eastern Desert.
Data in Action
July 27, 2016
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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
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
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
Birds and other animals are often specially adapted to living in the cool, dark habitat below the thick rainforest canopy.

A Rainforest Divided

The Amazon rainforest is losing ground as human activity fragments the forests.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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