Satellite Images of Geographic Features

High-resolution satellite images showcasing diverse landscapes, including Zambia, Eswatini, Lake Mead, and significant geological formations.

Color satellite image of Eswatini and neighbouring countries.

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

Color satellite image of Eswatini and neighbouring countries.

This image acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Sulaiman fold-thrust belt in northwestern Pakistan, a linear or arcuate belt in which compression has produced a combination of thrust faults and folds.

Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona, has shrunk to historic lows, dropping to about 30%% of its capacity. The reservoir provides water to 25 million people in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico. The water level has fallen from 1204 feet in 2000, to an all-time low of 1049 yesterday. The images were acquired May 19, 2000 and May 25 2022, cover an area of 20.5 by 34.9 km, and are located at 36.1 degrees north, 114.6 degrees west.

This space radar image illustrates the recent rapid urban development occurring along the lower Colorado River at the Nevada/Arizona state line. Lake Mojave is the dark feature that occupies the river valley in the upper half of the image.

Color satellite image of Zambia, with mask.

The Kunlun fault is one of the gigantic strike-slip faults that bound the north side of Tibet. NASA's Terra satellite acquired the scene on July 20, 2000.

This image 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. February 14, 2000. Satellite image.

Beijing, capital city of China viewed from the Landsat 7 satellite, on December 29, 2000

This nadir camera view was captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft around Kruger National Park in NE South Africa. The bright white feature is the Palabora Copper Mine, and the water body near upper right is Lake Massingir in Mozambique.

Color satellite image of Central African Republic and neighbouring countries.

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

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

Volcano Erta-Ale In 3D, Ethiopia, True Colour Satellite Image. Erta Ale, Ethiopia, true colour satellite image. Erta Ale is a very isolated basaltic shield volcano and most active volcano in Ethiopia in the Danakil depression, close to the border with Erythrea. Image taken on 5 February 2002 using LANDSAT data.

The Yukon River is at the top of the image, with the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Alaska extending to the Bering Sea in the lower-left part of the image

Satellite view of Timbuktu, Mali. This historical city is situated on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, 20 km north of the River Niger. This image was compiled from data acquired in 2014 by Landsat 8 satellite.

This pair of images illustrates the ability of multi-parameter radar imaging sensors such as NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture radar to detect climate-related changes.

In northestern Siberia, along the Chukchi Sea, and 100 kilometers west of Mys Shmidta, significant evidence of mining is visible in this ASTER image. The numerous small waste piles and small ponds point to dredging operations, most likely for gold. The image was acquired July 15, 2011, covers an area of 27.8 by 36.4 kilometers, and is located at 69.3 degrees north, 178.5 degrees east.

The Dneiper River in the Ukraine is the fourth longest river in Europe, flowing 2200 km into the Black Sea. This wintery scene near the city of Oster shows the many meanders and abandoned paleochannels of this major river. The image was acquired March 6, 2001, covers an area of 18.6 by 32.1 km, and is located at 50.9 degrees north, 30.9 degrees east.

This radar image is of an area thought to contain the ruins of the ancient settlement of Niya. It is located in the southwestern corner of the Taklamakan Desert in China's Sinjiang Province.

2001: A Space Odyssey-style alien landscape

background of chlorella and spirulina (bottom) sea algae supplement powder

Io, the Ra Patera, Mazda Catena, and Gibil Patera Area

Jordan's leading industry and export commodities are phosphate and potash, ranked in the top three in the world. These are used to make fertilizer. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on September 17, 2005.

Agra, India, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of the city of Agra and surroundings in India. It is a city located on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city is famous for its UNESCO World Heritage Sites : the Taj Mahal, the Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri. Image taken on 22 October 1999, using LANDSAT 7 data.

This is an X-band seasonal image of the Maly Semlyachik volcano, which is part of the Karymsky volcano group on Kamchatka peninsula, Russia.

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

The Advanced Land Imager onboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this false-color infrared image of Iceland's Eyjafjallajkull volcano on April 17, 2010. A strong thermal source is visible at the base of the Eyjafjallajkull plume.

This radar image shows a close up view of a portion of the Richtersveld National Park and Orange River (top of image) in the Northern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa.

This is a comparison of images over Prince Albert, produced by NASA's Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on its 20th orbit on April 10, 1994.

Satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1990's.

These radar images show two segments of the Great Wall of China in a desert region of north-central China, about 700 kilometers (434 miles) west of Beijing.

Khatanga Delta, Siberia, Russia, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Khatanga Delta and Laptev Sea in Siberia. Image taken on 5 August 2000 using LANDSAT data.

Composite photograph of London taken by Landsat 2, 29 July 1975. Artist: Unknown

Satellite view of the province of Yunnan, China. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

NASA's Terra spacecraft flew over Jakarta, the capital and largest city of Indonesia. The population of the Jakarta conurbation is over 28 million, making it perhaps the largest metropolitan area in the world in terms of inhabitants.

The prominent linear feature straight down the center of this perspective view is the San Andreas Fault. This segment of the fault lies near the city of Palmdale, CA (the flat area in the right half of the image) about 60 kilometers north of Los Angeles.

These images of Canada's Qubec province were acquired by NASA's Terra satelliteon March 4, 2001.The region's forests are a mixture of coniferous and hardwood trees, and 'sugar-shack' festivities are held at this time of year to celebrate the beginning o

This radar image of the area surrounding the Galeras volcano in southern Colombia shows the ability of a multi-frequency radar to map volcanic structures that can be dangerous to study on the ground.

On March 2, 2003, NASA's Terra spacecraft saw near-surface winds carrying a large amount of Saharan dust aloft and transported the material westward over the Atlantic Ocean.

Two different instruments aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft combined their observations to create a more detailed portrait of the Hotei Regio area on Saturn's moon Titan.

S63-06440 (15-16 May 1963) --- View of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. The center of the photograph is near 91 degrees east longitude and 34 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. This view includes lakes and snow-covered highlands.

Relief map of Swaziland (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by landsat 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Relief map of Czech Republic (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by landsat 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

. Channeled Scablands, Washington. The Channeled Scablands in Washington were formed about 19,000 years ago when glacial Lake Missoula in Montana burst through its ice dam, and a 320 m deep lake emptied in a catastrophic flood that reached the Pacific Ocean. The basaltic terrain of Washington was deeply carved into channels, mesas, and giant dunes as the water scoured the landscape. The image was acquired August 4, 2021, covers an area of 40.2 by 48.8 km, and is located at 47.5 degrees north, 119.2 degrees west.

Brent Meteor Impact Crater, Ontario, Canada, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Brent impact structure, Ontario, Canada (diameter : 3,8 km). Image taken on 1 June 1991 using LANDSAT data.

volcanic crater named Tupan Patera on Jupiters moon Io, as seen in this image from NASAs Galileo spacecraft, show varied results of lava interacting with sulphur-rich materials. The colourfulness of the image is only slightly enhanced from what the human eye would see on the scene. The red in the image includes a small amount of infrared energy. Tupan Patera, named after a Brazilian thunder god, was seen as an active hot spot in earlier Galileo observations. This image taken in October 2001. Tupan is clearly shown to be a volcanic depression, about 75 kilometres (47 miles) across, surrounded by cliffs about 900 meters (3000 feet) tall

This image captures some of the geologic diversity of Mars. There are hills of ancient terrains on the floor of Juventae Chasma, surrounded by younger sediments, including dark sand sheets and dunes that are likely active today. The hills are heavily eroded by landslides, forming gullies in some places. Diverse colors represent unaltered volcanic minerals (blue and green) and altered minerals (brighter and reddish colors).

Mexico's active Popocatepetl volcano spewing water vapor, gas, ashes and glowing rocks since its most recent eruption period began in April 2012. April 23, 2012.

Relief map of the State of New Mexico, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Satellite thermal emission and reflection image of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. Because different minerals reflect different portions of the light spectrum, varying mineral composition is visible. Credit NASA. Science Geology

This is a three dimensional perspective view of false-color image of the eastern part of the Big Island of Hawaii. It was produced using all three radar frequencies C-Band and L-Band. This view was constructed by overlaying a SIR-C radar image on a U.S. Geological Survey digital elevation map. The image was acquired on April 12, 1994 during the 52nd orbit of the Shuttle Endeavour by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR). The area shown is approximately 34 by 57 kilomters with the top of the image pointing toward north-west. The image is centered at about 155.25 degrees west longitude and 19.5 degrees north latitude. Visible in the center of the image in blue are the summit crater (Kilauea Caidera) which contains the smaller Halemaumau Crater, and the line of collapsed craters below them that form the Chain of Craters Road. The rain forest appears bright in the image while green areas correspond to lower vegetation. The lava flows have differen

Relief map of the State of New Mexico, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Relief map of Togo (with border). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis fungus, illustration

Magnetite, oxide, and Ludwigite, Carbonate.

Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters, as seen in this view captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is one example, from a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin.

ER-2 Starlink Thermal Imagery Fork Fire, Lake County, CA (Clear Lake)

Brandberg Massif; a dome-shaped granite intrusion of 250 square miles (650 square kilometres) rising 1.6 miles (2,573 meters) above its surroundings in the central Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

This false-color L-band image of the Manaus region of Brazil was acquired by NASA's 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.

STS060-93-081 (3-11 Feb 1994)--- The Imperial Valley was documented using three films - color visible (seen here), the American infrared film (Kodak Aerochrome 2443), and the Russian panchromatic infrared film (SN-10). Results of this test still await detailed science analysis. However it does appear that good data was acquired of the region, and this data will be complemented by photography acquired by the Mir cosmonauts. In this frame, the U.S.-Mexico border goes from the upper left to the middle right. It is discernible as a vegetation line between Calexico, California and Mexicali, Mexico. The darker vegetation north of that line is due to different agricultural practices, heavier uses of fertilizers and pesticides, and lined (tiled) agricultural fields allowing subterraneean runoff of saline irrigation runoff. South of the line, the more polluted water draining out of the U.S. agricultural areas into the Mexican area has resulted in higher soil salinities and a consequent re

SWOT Satellite's Land 'First Light'. This visualization shows water features on New York's Long Island - shown as bright pink splotches nestled within the landscape. Purple, yellow, green, and dark blue shades represent different land elevations, while the surrounding ocean is a lighter blue. The data was collected on Jan. 21, 2023, by an instrument on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite called the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn). KaRIn is the scientific heart of the SWOT mission. It's a radar instrument with one antenna at each end of a boom that's 33 feet (10 meters) long. This enables KaRIn to look off to either side of a center line directly below the satellite as the instrument bounces microwave signals off of Earth's surface. The returning radar signals arrive at each antenna slightly out of step, or phase, from one another. When these signals are combined with other information about the antennas and the satellite's altitude, scientists will be able to

Acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft, this image shows a mine in Baiyun Ebo, Inner Mongolia, China, the site of almost half the world's rare earth production. China is responsible for over 95% of global production of rare earth elements.

North Korea's state news agency reported the country is facing its worst drought in a century. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows how rice-growing provinces have been badly affected and more than 30% of rice paddies are parching up.

Acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft, this image is from the MISR Where on Earth... Mystery Quiz #13. The location is Western Uzbekistan and Northeastern Turkmenistan.

The Dead Sea is located on the border between Jordan and Israel, and is fed by the Jordan River. Satellite image. May 3, 2005

These two images show exactly the same area, Lake Balbina near Manaus, Brazil. The image on the left was created using the best global topographic data set previously available, the U.S. Geological Survey's GTOPO30.

This is a three-dimensional perspective view of Owens Valley, near the town of Bishop, California that was created by combining two spaceborne radar images using a technique known as interferometry.

Relief map of Kyrgyzstan (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by landsat 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Relief map of the State of New Mexico, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Rover's Wheel Churns Up Bright Martian Soil (Vertical)

Earth Observation taken by the Apollo 9 crew. View is of Salton Sea and Imperial Valley in California. Latitude was 33.09 N by Longitude 116.14 W, Overlap was 50%, Altitude miles were 103 and cloud cover was 35%. This imagery taken as part of the NASA S0-65 Experiment "Multispectral Terrain Photography". The experiment provides simultaneous satellite photography of the Earth's surface in three distinct spectral bands. The photography consists of four almost spatially identical photographs. The images of ground objects appear in the same coordinate positions on all four photos in the multispectral set within the opto-mechanical tolerances of the Hasselblad cameras in the Apollo 9 spacecraft. Band designation for this frame is A. Film and filter is Ektachrome SO-368,Infrared Color Wratten 15. Mean Wavelength of Sensitivity is green,red and infrared. The Nominal Bandpass is total sensitivity of all dye layers 510-900nm.

The objective of NASA's Shuttle Imaging Radar A (SIR-A) was to observe the Earth by use of radar imagery, acquire and transmit data of different geologic regions. This is a view of China in 2000.

Satellite view of a city, New York City, New York, USA

Relief map of Paraguay (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by landsat 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

This image shows Iceland's volcanic eruption monitored by NASA's EO-1 spacecraft. To the south is the edge of Dyngjujökull and to the north is the volcano called Askja.

The October 2007 wildfires, including the Witch Wildland fire, plagued southern California and were some of the worst on record. Image from NASA's Terra satellite.

Santiago, Chile, ranks among the world's fastest growing cities. Chile is South America's fifth largest economy with strong export and tourism markets. More than a third of Chile's population lives in Santiago as of 2009. Taken on January 9, 1985, and January 30, 2010, this pair of images from the Landsat 5 satellite illustrates the city's steady growth. The images were made with infrared and visible light (Landsat bands 4, 3, and 2) so that plant-covered land is red. Bare or sparsely vegetated land is tan, and the city is dark silver. In the fifteen years that elapsed between 1985 and 2010, the city expanded away from the Andes Mountains along spoke-like lines, which are major roads. ---- NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) jointly manage Landsat, and the USGS preserves a 40-year archive of Landsat images that is freely available over the Internet. The next Landsat satellite, now known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) and

The confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers are shown in this view of the St. Louis area from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.

STS068-S-053 (7 October 1994) --- These are color composite radar images showing the area around Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. The images were acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on April 14, 1994 (left image) and October 5, 1994 (right image). The images are centered at about 15 degrees north latitude and 120.5 degrees east longitude. Both images were obtained with the same viewing geometry. The color composites were made by displaying the L-Band (horizontally transmitted and received) in red; the L-Band (horizontally transmitted and vertically received) in green; and the C-Band (horizontally transmitted and vertically received) in blue. The area shown is approximately 40 by 65 kilometers (25 by 40 miles). The main volcanic crater on Mount Pinatubo produced by the June 1991 eruptions and the steep slopes on the upper flanks of the volcano are easily seen in these images. Red on the high

This image of Mt. Vesuvius Italy was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft on September 26, 2000, and covers an area of 36 by 45 km. Vesuvius overlooks the city of Naples and the Bay of Naples in central Italy.

Shoemaker Crater, Australia, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Western Australia's Shoemaker impact structure. Resembling splotches of yellow and green paint, salt-encrusted seasonal lakes dot the floor of the impact structure which was formed about 1.7 billion years ago. It is currently the oldest known impact site in Australia. Image taken on 9 August 1991 using LANDSAT data.

These views from NASA's Terra satellite highlight a number of the land use, vegetation, and geological features found Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

This frame from an animation shows the motion of ice in Antarctica as measured by satellite data from various space agencies. The colors represent the speed of the ice flows in meters per year.

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the ash plume of Iceland's Eyjafyallajkull Volcano on April 19, 2010. The eruption plume and drifting veil of ash appear to be homogeneous.

Relief map of the State of North Dakota, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

Agriculture In The Murzuq Desert In 2005, Libya, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of agriculture in the northern Murzuq Desert in Libya. The Murzuq Desert is an erg desert, part of the Sahara desert, in southwestern Libya. Circular agricultural plots are visible on the image. Image taken on 11 March 2005, using LANDSAT 7 data.

Amazon Delta, Brazil, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of the river Amazon, one of the longest river in the world with numerous bends and tributaries. Image taken on 15 July 1986 using LANDSAT data.

This image acquired by NASA's Terra satellite llustrates the state of gradually decreasing water clarity at Lake Tahoe, one of the clearest lakes in the world.

Ensethopathy of the supeficial plantar fascia. Sagittal section MRI of the foot.

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lockhead Electra equipped to acquire black and white, color and color infrared photography and thermal infrared imagery, was used to obtain data over the area in northern Peru which suffered the most severe earthquake damage May 31, 1970. The government of Peru had accepted the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration's offer to send one of its remote sensing aircraft to help assess damage resulting from the recent severe Peruvian earthquake. The data, in addition to helping the Peruvian government assess damage and plan reconstruction, will contribute also to the future application of the science of remote sensing to natural disasters. The color infrared delineates the edge of the slide more sharply than the color photographs. The avalanche of May 31, 1970, was caused by the earthquake. A huge slab of granite fell from the Nevado de Huascaran, picked up a volume of glacial silt equal to about three times the volume of

This is a radar image of the area surrounding the Harvard Forest in north-central Massachusetts that has been operated as a ecological research facility by Harvard University since 1907.

SS002-E-5164 (March 2001) --- The Manicouagan Impact Crater reservoir in Quebec, Canada, was photographed early in the mission by one of the Expedition Two crewmembers using a digital still camera.

San Joaquin, the name given to the southern portion of California's vast Central Valley, as shown in this image acquired by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) on February 16, 2000.

NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this false-color composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region on Jan. 27, 2010.

The prominent linear feature straight down the center of this perspective view is the San Andreas Fault in an image created with data from NASA's shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).

Relief map of Madrid, Spain. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.

This pair of images from space shows a portion of the southern Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula in the country of Oman.

This spaceborne radar image shows the 'Valley Island' of Maui, Hawaii. The cloud-penetrating capabilities of radar provide a rare view of many parts of the island, since the higher elevations are frequently shrouded in clouds.

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