Satellite Imagery of Landscapes

High-resolution satellite images of diverse geological features, including urban areas and natural formations, showcasing Earth’s surface.

Colour satellite image of Cairo, Egypt. Image taken on December 16, 2013 with Landsat 8 data.

Color satellite image of Paraguay and neighbouring countries.

Color satellite image of Belarus and neighbouring countries.

Colour satellite image of Cairo, Egypt. Image taken on December 16, 2013 with Landsat 8 data.

Vredefort Meteor Impact Crater, South Africa, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Vredefort impact structure, South Africa (diameter : 140 km). Composite image of LANDSAT data taken on 7 April 1991 and 30 April 1991.

Color satellite image of Lithuania and neighbouring countries.

The Ganges Plain is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #22 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Belarus, Europe, True Colour Satellite Image With Border. Satellite view of Belarus (with border). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Satellite view of Belarus (with border). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

On Oct. 23, 2011, when this image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired, flood waters were approaching the capital city of Bangkok as the Ayutthaya River overflowed its banks.

Color satellite image of Luxembourg and neighbouring countries.

Satellite view of the State of Mexico, Mexico. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Aldan is the administrative center of the Aldansky District in Siberia, Russia. It was founded in 1923 after discovery of rich gold and uranium deposits. The city can be seen at the bottom of the image. To the north, squiggly tracks in the rivers are the spoilage piles from dredging operations. In the upper right are numerous tailings piles from conventional strip and underground mining operations. The image was acquired July 31, 2019, covers an area of 30.8 by 53 km, and is located near 58.6 degrees north, 125.4 degrees east.

Satellite view of the State of Morelos, Mexico. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Color satellite image of Serbia, Kosovo and neighbouring countries.

Luxembourg, True Colour Satellite Image. Luxembourg. True colour satellite image of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. North is at top. Vegetation is green, bare ground is pale brown, water is blue and urban areas are grey/pale blue. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg's capital city, is at lower centre. Luxembourg is bordered by Germany to the east, France to the south and Belgium to the north and west. The image used data from LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Colour satellite image of Duisburg and Essen, Germany. Image taken on June 6, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Colour satellite image of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Image taken on June 6, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Central African Republic, Africa, True Colour Satellite Image With Border And Mask. Satellite view of Central African Republic (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image north of the present town of Al Hillal, Iraq, in the fertile plain between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers, where the site of the legendary city of Babylon lies.

(13 Sept. 2013) --- Samarkand, Uzbekistan is featured in this image photographed by one of the Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station..

Satellite view of the State of Punjab, India. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Satellite view of the State of Brandenburg, Germany. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Color satellite image from Gizeh to Memphis, Egypt. Image collected on October 12, 2020 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Color satellite image of Poltava, Ukraine. Poltava is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. The territory covered is 50 km x 35 km. Image collected on July 20, 2021 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Color satellite image of Bamako, capital city of Mali. The city is situated on the Niger River floodplain. Image collected on April 19, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Damas, Syrian Arab Republic, True Colour Satellite Image. Damas, Syrian Arab Republic. True colour satellite image of Damas, capital city of Syrian Arab Republic. Image taken on 21 May 2000, using LANDSAT 7 data.

On Jan. 6, 2016, NASA's Terra spacecraft flew over Rosario, Argentina located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Parana River where the floodplain is still under water or wet.

Color satellite image of Zambia and neighbouring countries, with borders and mask.

These multi-angle images of Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and the Appalachian Mountains, acquired 24 March 2000 from NASA's Terra spacecraft, come from the downward-looking (nadir) camera on the MISR instrument onboard NASA's Terra satellite.

Hungary, Europe, True Colour Satellite Image With Mask. Satellite view of Hungary (with mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

This spaceborne radar image of Belgrade, Serbia, illustrates the variety of land use patterns that can be observed with a multiple wavelength radar system.

Color satellite image of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Also called Dnipro, it is a city on the Dnieper River in central Ukraine. The territory covered is 50 km x 35 km. Image collected on August 24, 2021 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Agricultural activities along the Arkansas River in the state of Kansas, a leader in wheat, grain sorghum and beef production, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the state of Oklahoma.

Ural Delta, Kazakhstan, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of the Ural Delta in Kazakhstan. The Ural River ends at the Caspian Sea. Composite image using LANDSAT 5 data.

At the time NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image, the Mississippi River had reached a level of 53 feet (16.2 meters), 3 feet (1 meter) above the major flood stage. Flood water had already inundated parts of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

This simulated natural color image of the German state of North Rhine Westphalia is from NASA's Terra spacecraft covering an area of 30 by 36 km, and was acquired on August 26, 2000.

Satellite view of Luxembourg (with border). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

This image, acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft, is of the ancient city of Uruk is located in present-day Iraq, on an abandoned channel of the Euphrates River.

Colour satellite image of Bangui, Central African Republic. Image taken on February 14, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Color satellite image of Kolkata, India. The city is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. Image collected on March 16, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Irkoutsk, Russia, True Colour Satellite Image. Irkoutsk, Russia. True colour satellite image of the city of Irkoutsk, taken on 22 July 2002, using LANDSAT 7 data.

Central African Republic, Africa, True Colour Satellite Image With Mask. Satellite view of Central African Republic (with mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Houston, Texas (home of NASA's Johnson Space Center) and its surrounding suburbs are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Lone Star State. Also prominent in this photograph, are Galveston Bay and Galveston Island on the Gulf of Mexico.

Color satellite image of Moldova and neighbouring countries.

Color satellite image of Moldova and neighbouring countries, with borders.

ISS043E182364 (05/08/2015) --- The Libyan city of Benghazi is shown in this image taken from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on May 8th, 2015.

Canton, China, In 1979, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of the city of Guangzhou (Canton), China. Image taken on 19 October 1979, using LANDSAT data.

Colour satellite image of Dusseldorf, Germany. Image taken on June 6, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

On April 3, 2000, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra Satellite captured this image of the erupting Mt. Usu volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS.

Colour satellite image of Berlin, Germany. Image taken on May 15, 2013 with Landsat 8 data.

This spaceborne radar image is dominated by the metropolitan area of Australia's largest city, Sydney.

Color satellite image of Campbell County, Wyoming, USA in 1984. The image shows the area at the beginning of the North Antelope Mine which opened in 1983, and the Rochelle Mine which opened in 1984.

Color satellite image of Yaounde, capital city of Cameroon. Image collected on March 08, 2016 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

This is a false-color composite of Prince Albert, Canada, centered at 53.91 north latitude and 104.69 west longitude.

Color satellite image of Paraguay, with borders and mask.

Color satellite image of Czech Republic, with mask.

iss061e067892 (Dec. 6, 2019) --- The city of Moline, Illinois is surrounded by the Mississippi and Rock Rivers. The Mississippi River is the boundary between the states of Illinois and Iowa.

Mt. Vesuvius, one of the best known volcanoes in the world primarily for the eruption that buried the Roman city of Pompeii, is shown in the center of this radar image.

On Sept. 3, 2010, when NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image strip over the Indus River in Pakistan, severe flooding was still causing a major humanitarian crisis in Pakistan. The city of Hyderabad is near the middle of the image.

NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the resultant flooding of farmland west of the Mississippi 20 miles south of the Mississippi River levee breach. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers detonated explosives at the Birds Point levee near Wyatt, Missouri, on May 2, 2011.

Northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, seven straight days of torrential rains of up to 16 inches (40 centimeters) in August 2015 resulted in flooding between the cities of Escobar and Campana as seen by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Calcutta, India, True Colour Satellite Image. Calcutta, India. True colour satellite image of the city of Calcutta, taken on 17 November 2000, using LANDSAT 7 data.

NASA's Terra spacecraft flew over South Africa and Zimbabwe where week-long torrential rains swelled the Limpopo River in Jan. 2013.

Satellite view of the State of Indiana, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

STS059-S-068 (13 April 1994) --- This false-color L-Band image of the Manaus region of Brazil was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on orbit 46 of the mission. The area shown is approximately 8 kilometers by 40 kilometers (5 by 25 miles). At the top of the image are the Solimoes and Rio Negro Rivers just before they combine at Manaus to form the Amazon River. The image is centered at about 3 degrees south latitude, and 61 degrees west longitude. The false colors are created by displaying three L-Band polarization channels; red areas correspond to high backscatter at HH polarization, while green areas exhibit high backscatter at HV polarization. Blue areas show low returns at VV polarization; hence the bright blue colors of the smooth river surfaces. Using this color scheme, green areas in the image are heavily forested, while blue areas are either cleared forest or open water. The yellow and r

Colour satellite image of Minsk, Belarus. Image taken on August 30, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Colour satellite image of Toulouse, France. Image taken on September 1, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

This image from NASA's EarthKAM is of the northern end of the Persian Gulf and the broad delta complex of the Tigris, Euphrates, Shatt al Arab, and Karun rivers has captured the arid-looking wetlands of northeast Kuwait (Bubiyan Island),

Lithuania, Europe, True Colour Satellite Image With Border And Mask. Satellite view of Lithuania (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Satellite view of Delhi, India. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

This spaceborne radar image shows the intensive agricultural development in central Ukraine, along the Dnieper River. The area shown lies about 320 kilometers (198 miles) southeast of Kiev and about 360 kilometers (223 miles) northeast of Odessa.

Color satellite image of Geneva, Switzerland. The city is located at the south-western end of Lake Geneva. Image collected on August 21, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Satellite view of Ile-de-France, France. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Flood Of River Songhua Jiang, China, True Colour Satellite Image. One of the river flood of the river Songhua Jiang that drains the plain of North Manchuria. Image taken on 26 August 1991 using LANDSAT data.

In May 2014, historic floods inundated Serbia and neighboring countries, causing major population displacements and property destruction. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Colour satellite image of Kolkata, India. Image taken on May 8, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of fires in southern Greece.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Satellite view of Labrador, Canada, showing Mistastin Lake.

Earth Observations during Expedition 69. iss069e000778 (April 3, 2023) - The semi-arid city of Hama, Syria, was pictured by UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

Macedonia, Europe, True Colour Satellite Image With Mask. Satellite view of Macedonia (with mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Colour satellite image of Lusaka, Zambia. Image taken on August 26, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Colour satellite image of La Plata, Argentina. Image taken on November 17, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

This radar image shows the area west of the Nile River near Cairo, Egypt. The Nile River is the dark band along the right side of the image and it flows approximately due North from the bottom to the right.

STS040-614-066 (5-14 June 1991) --- St. Louis, Missouri-East St. Louis, Illinois and surrounding area were photographed by the STS 40 crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The winding Mississippi River serves as a reference point for finding features of the area. Busch Stadium is clearly seen. NASA photo experts studying the STS 40 imagery claim photographs of this type aid in following demographic changes and in planning for development. The ground track of STS-40 and the existence of exceptionally clear skies during much of the nine-day flight permitted photographic acquisition of several cities not generally seen from the space flights flying at 28-degree inclinations to the Equator.

This three-dimensional perspective view of Long Valley, California was created from data taken by NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar on board the space shuttle Endeavour.

Color satellite image of Lithuania, with mask.

Color satellite image of Gambia and neighbouring countries, with borders.

Color satellite image of Basel in Switzerland, Mulhouse in France and Freiburg in Germany. The Rhine flows through this area. Image collected on June 19, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Colour satellite image of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Image taken on December 3, 2013 with Landsat 8 data.

Haute-Normandie Region, France, True Colour Satellite Image. Haute Normandie region, France, true colour satellite image. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Colour satellite image of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Image taken on December 1, 2013 with Landsat 8 data.

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Lake Ilopango, a crater lake which fills a volcanic caldera in central El Salvador, immediately east of the capital city San Salvador.

Satellite view of Bangalore, India. It is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. This image was compiled from data acquired in 2014 by Landsat 8 satellite.

Color satellite image of Canberra, capital city of Australia. Image collected on October 2, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

Satellite view of Senegal River that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa.This image was taken in 2014 by Landsat 8 satellite.

Colour satellite image of Astana, Kazakhstan. Image taken on August 19, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, True Colour Satellite Image. Buenos Aires, Argentina. True colour satellite image of Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina. Image taken on 20 December 2000, using LANDSAT 7 data.

This is a false-color L-band image of an area near Glasgow, Missouri, centered at about 39.2 degrees north latitude and 92.8 degrees west longitude.

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