Satellite Imaging of Regions

Color satellite images showcasing geographic regions, including the Czech Republic and Mongolia, highlighting the terrain and landscape.

Places where the earths crust has formed deep fissures and the plates have begun to move apart develop rift structures in which elongate blocks have subsided relative to the blocks on either side. The East African Rift is a world-famous example of such rifting. It is characterized by 1) topographic deep valleys in the rift zone, 2) sheer escarpments along the faulted walls of the rift zone, 3) a chain of lakes within the rift, most of the lakes highly saline due to evaporation in the hot temperatures characteristic of climates near the equator, 4) voluminous amounts of volcanic rocks that have flowed from faults along the sides of the rift, and 5) volcanic cones where magma flow was most intense. This example in Kenya displays most of these features near Lake Begoria.

Ile-De-France Region, France, True Colour Satellite Image With Mask. Ile de France region, France, true colour satellite image with mask. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Satellite view of Austria showing the State of Tyrol. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

Lake Powell, is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead. Satellite image, taken in 2016

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

Satellite view of Kosovo with Bump Effect (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

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

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

Normandy, Poitou, Bourgogne Regions, France is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #18 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

This radar image is centered near the small town of Pishan in northwest China, about 280 km (174 miles) southeast of the city of Kashgar along the ancient Silk Route in the Taklamakan desert of the Xinjiang Province.

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

Color satellite image of Bangui, Capital city of Central African Republic. Image collected on January 08, 2020 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

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

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

Satellite view of Sudan and South Sudan (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired in 2014 by Landsat 8 satellite.

The Nasca Lines located in the Pampa region of Peru. Satellite image.

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

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

Lake Powell, is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead. Satellite image, taken in 2006

Colour satellite image of Chongqing, China. Image taken on August 6, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Color satellite image of Moldova, with borders and mask.

Color satellite image of Togo, with borders and mask.

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

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

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

Kinshasa, Congo, True Colour Satellite Image. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. True colour satellite image of Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image taken on 30 April 2001, using LANDSAT 7 data.

As the remains of Tropical Storm Lee passed over Louisiana on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, strong, gusty winds on the western side of the storm stoked fires throughout eastern Texas as seen in this image from NASA's Terra spacecraft.

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

Color satellite image of La Paz, Bolivia. Image collected on June 18, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

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

The Grand Canyon is one of North America's most spectacular geologic features as seen in this image acquired NASA's Terra satellite on May 12, 2000.

Satellite view of Rwanda (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat satellites.

The Uzbekistan cities of Urgench and Xonqa near the Amu Darya, a major river in Central Asia, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above.

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

. iss068e017473 (Oct. 18, 2022) --- A portion of the Kunlun Mountains, one of the longest mountain ranges in Asia, in southwestern China is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

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

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

A wildfire burned 46,000 acres southwest of Pocatello, Idaho, threatening homes and filling the area with smoke. The human-caused fire was 85 percent contained by Aug. 10, 2017. The extent of the burned area is evident in this image as the dark gray area. The image was acquired Aug. 13, 2017, covers an area of 22 by 28 miles (36 by 45 kilometers), and is located at 42.7 degrees north, 112.6 degrees west.

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

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

Color satellite image of Tajikistan and neighbouring countries.

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

Colour satellite image of Kigali, Rwanda. Image taken on July 9, 2014 with Landsat 8 data.

Satellite view of Burkina Faso (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat satellites.

Satellite view of Liechtenstein with Bump Effect (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

STS068-232-083 (30 September-11 October 1994) --- This is a view of Mount Pinatubo, Philippine Islands, orient with the coast to the top. View westward across central Luzon and Mount Pinatubo. Manilla Bay is in partial sunglint along the left edge of the frame. The extensive flows of volcanic ash (lahars) extending from the mountain are readily seen despite partial cloud cover. The ash is mobilized with every rain in this typhoon-ridden region, flowing down valleys, filling drainage channels, and covering fields and towns. The STS-68 crew obtained excellent photographs of the region, for comparison to the radar data also obtained on the mission. Photographs in sunglint have proven particularly helpful because they show the exact outlines of surface water, which provides a datum point for the radar returns.

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

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

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

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

ISS013-E-26488 (25 May 2006) --- Yates Oilfield, west Texas is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station. The Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico is one of the most productive petroleum provinces of North America. The Basin is a large depression in the Precambrian bedrock surface along the southern edge of the North American craton, or oldest bedrock core of the continent. The Yates Oil Field is marked in this image by numerous white well locations and petroleum infrastructure dotting the layered sedimentary rocks of the Permian Basin. The Pecos River bed borders the oil field to the east-northeast. The Yates Field started petroleum production in 1926, and by 1995 had produced over 2 billion barrels of oil.

This image of Iturralde Crater, Bolivia was acquired on June 29, 2001 by NASA's Terra satellite.

Color satellite image of Belgium, with mask.

NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image of the Twitchell Canyon fire, a lightning-caused blaze burning in Utah, which has consumed more than 40,000 acres since it began on July 20, 2010.

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

Lake Volta, Ghana, True Colour Satellite Image. True colour satellite image of Lake Volta, in Ghana. It is the largest reservoir by surface area in the world, and the fourth largest by volume. Composite image using LANDSAT 7 data.

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

Timbuktu is in the West African Nation of Mali, about 15 km north of the Niger River, at the intersection of an east-west and a north-south Trans Saharan trade route across the Sahara. It was an intellectual and spiritual capital in the 15th and 16th centuries, and a centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters (about 50 to 300 feet), ASTER images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. ASTER is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched December 18, 1999, on NASAs Terra satellite.

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Shasta Lake in northern California, which has an area of 12,000 ha, making it the state's largest reservoir.

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

SL3-27-180 (July-September 1973) --- A vertical view of the Snowy Mountains area of Australian Alps in the States of Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, as photographed from Earth orbit by one of the six lenses of the Itek-furnished S190-A Multispectral Photographic Facility Experiment aboard the Skylab space station. This picture was taken with type 2443 infrared color film. The lake near the center of the picture is the Eucumbene Reservoir. This area is located immediately south-southwest of the capital city of Canberra. Federal agencies participating with NASA on the EREP project are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers. All EREP photography is available to the public through the Department of Interior s Earth Resources Observations Systems Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57198.

. Phoenix Land-Surface Temperatures Documented Amid Record Heat. Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created a series of maps showing land-surface temperatures in the Phoenix area in July 2023, when the city experienced a record-breaking run of hot weather. The images reveal the cumulative effect - overnight and across the month - of relentless daytime heating. The data was captured during overnight hours (around 2 a.m.) on several days in July by an instrument called the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the NOAA-NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The images show how built surfaces - roads, buildings, airport runways, and the like - retain heat, sometimes hovering around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) for hours after sunset. From July 1 to July 19, the built surfaces in the maps grew progressively hotter, likely the combined ef

Satellite view of Switzerland with bump effect and canton boundaries. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

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

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

Satellite view of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat 7 & 8 satellites.

Color satellite image of Turkmenistan, with borders and mask.

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

The Pampas of Argentina is shown in this MISR Mystery Quiz #17 captured by NASA's Terra spacecraft.

Color satellite image of Malawi, with mask.

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

IDL TIFF file This false-color (shortwave infrared, near infrared, green) satellite image reveals an active lava flow on the western slopes of Klyuchevskaya Volcano. Klyuchevskaya is one of several active volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. The lava flow itself is bright red. Snow on Klyuchevskaya and nearby mountains is cyan, while bare ground and volcanic debris is gray or brown. Vegetation is green. The image was collected by Landsat 8 on September 9, 2013. NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Instrument Landsat 8 - OLI More info a href= http //1.usa.gov/1evspH7 rel= nofollow 1.usa.gov/1evspH7 /a b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html rel= nofollow NASA image use policy. /a /b b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html rel= nofollow NASA Goddard Space Flight Center /a /b enables NASAs mission through four scientific endeavors Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar Syste

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

NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this thermal infrared view of the spread of the forest fire in Valle Nuevo National Park near Costanza, Dominican Republic.

Satellite view of Kyrgyzstan (with country boundaries). This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat 8 satellite in 2014.

Color satellite image of Eswatini, with mask.

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

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

The image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is approximately 6 by 6 kilometers and is located east of Noctis Labyrinthus, in a portion the large canyon system Valles Marineris.

NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of St. Anthony's, the world's oldest Christian monastery, settled in the remote mountainous area of eastern Egypt near the Red Sea.

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

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

This Earth Resource Experiment Package (EREP) photograph of the Uncompahgre area of Colorado was electronically acquired in September of 1973 by the Multi-spectral Scarner, Skylab Experiment S192. EREP images were used to analyze the vegetation conditions and landscape characteristic of this area. Skylab's Earth sensors played the dual roles of gathering information about the planet and perfecting instruments and techniques for future satellites and manned stations. An array of six fixed cameras, another for high resolution, and the astronauts' handheld cameras photographed surface features. Other instruments, recording on magnetic tape, measured the reflectivity of plants, soils, and water. Radar measured the altitude of land and water surfaces. The sensors' objectives were to survey croplands and forests, identify soils and rock types, map natural features and urban developments, detect sediments and the spread of pollutants, study clouds and the sea, and determine the extent of snow

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft shows the Drakelands Mine (previously known as the Hemerdon Mine), a historic tungsten and tin mine located northeast of Plymouth, England.

Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.

Satellite view of Switzerland with Bump Effect (with border and mask). This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

November 3, 2002, Mt. Etna's ash-laden plume. Satellite image.

Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt, along the Nile. It is the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Waset, known to the Greeks as Thebes. Luxor is one of the world's greatest open-air museums, with the ruins of the temple complexes of Karnak and Luxor. Immediately across the Nile is the Valley of the Kings, burial place of dozens of Egypt's pharaohs, including King Tutankhamun. The image was acquired October 18, 2017, covers an area of 15.9 by 19.3 kilometers, and is located at 25.7 degrees north, 32.6 degrees east.

Two Cities at the Congo River From International Space Station in Earth Orbit

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

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

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

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

On August 7, 2007, the Zaca fire continued to burn in the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Barbara, California. This image is from NASA' Terra spacecraft.

This spaceborne radar image shows part of the British territory of Hong Kong, adjacent to mainland China. The South China Sea is shown in dark blue and red on the image.

Satellite image of the Ganges River Delta, Bangladesh, India. Also known as the Brahmaputra Delta, it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Kolkata sits within the lower Ganges Delta along the Hooghly River (at west on the image). Image collected on March 16, 2017 by Sentinel-2 satellites.

This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft is a color composite covering the Rift Valley inland area of Ethiopia.

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

NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of Dawson, Canada. A boom town in 1898, discovery of gold in the Klondike fueled the massive influx of miners, merchants, and other support professions to this town on the Yukon River.

Satellite view of Switzerland showing the canton of Ticino. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.

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