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United States Satellite Imagery

Satellite views of the United States focusing on various states, showcasing terrain and geographical features in detailed imagery.

Satellite view of the United States showing the State of Minnesota. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.
Satellite view of the United States showing the State of Minnesota. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites.
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This natural-color image from NASA's Terra spacecraft captures the beauty of the western United States and Canada.
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Relief map of the State of Alabama, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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Relief map of the State of North Carolina, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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Temperature chart of the United States : showing the distribution by isothermal curves of the mean annual temperature of the lower atmosphere , United States, Maps, Atmospheric temperature, United States, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Relief map of the State of Alabama, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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Tree Identification - Bald cypress. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Relief map of the State of Florida, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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Data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite have been used to create new surface flooding maps of Southeast Texas and the Tennessee Valley following Hurricane Harvey. The SMAP observations detect the proportional cover of surface water within the satellite sensor's field of view. This sequence of images shows changes in the extent of surface flooding from successive five-day SMAP observation composite images. Widespread flooding can be seen in the Houston metropolitan area on Aug. 27 following record rainfall from the Category 4 hurricane, which made landfall on Aug. 25th, 2017 (left image). Flood waters around Houston had substantially receded by Aug. 31 (middle image), while flooding had increased across Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, and western Tennessee as then Tropical Storm Harvey passed over the area. The far right image shows the change in flooded area between Aug. 27 and Aug. 31, with regions showing the most flooding recession depicted in yellow and orange s
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Distribution of the magnetic declination in the United States in 1900 , Geomagnetism, United States, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Relief map of the State of Oklahoma, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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Electric transmission systems of the United States, showing all transmission lines and interconnections above 11,000 volts also all generating stations : based upon data collected by the United States Geological Survey and the Electrical World , Electric power, United States, Maps, Electric power-plants, United States, Maps, Electric power distribution, United States, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Earth Observations taken by Expedition 34 crewmember.
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S70-06463 (June 1970) --- This map of North America has been marked to indicate areas of photographic imagery available from Apollo photography (32-degree orbits) as opposed to that imagery which will be available from a 50-degree inclined orbit. The region between the two broken lines will be in the area that can be covered by the first manned Skylab mission in 1973.
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A map showing the tracks of the tornadoes from April 2011. (Source: National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters).. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Tree Identification - Basswood. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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This temperature map shows the land surface temperatures around Death Valley in California's Mojave Desert on Aug. 16, 2020. The observation was made possible by NASA's Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS), which measured a peak land surface temperature of 122.52 degrees Fahrenheit (50.29 degrees Celsius) near Furnace Creek. ECOSTRESS collected this data when the space station passed over California at about 8 50 a.m. PDT (11 50 a.m. EDT) during a record-breaking heat wave that gripped the region. With a resolution of about 77 by 77 yards (70 by 70 meters), the image enables the study of surface-temperature conditions down to the size of a football field. The hottest temperatures are shown in dark red, with the coolest temperatures in blue. ECOSTRESS measures the temperature of plants as they heat up when they run out of water. But it can also measure and track heat-related phenomena like heat waves, fires, and volcanoes.
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Relief map of the State of Indiana, United States. This image was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites combined with elevation data.
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A 'Grand Canyon of Mars' slices across the Red Planet near its equator. This canyon -- Valles Marineris, or the Mariner Valley -- is 10 times longer and deeper than Arizona's Grand Canyon, and 20 times wider
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Cumulative total freshwater losses in the United States from 2002 to 2015 (in inches) observed by NASA's GRACE mission. Total water refers to all of the snow, surface water, soil water and groundwater combined.
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The Gulf Coast from the Mississippi Delta through the Texas coast is shown in this satellite image from NASA's Terra spacecraft, and the predicted storm track for Hurricane Rita acquired in February, 2000.
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NASA's Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument recorded this image of ground surface temperatures in Houston and its environs on June 20, 2022, at 6 29 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Even just after sunrise, manmade urban surfaces near the city center and transportation networks - streets, roads, and highways shown in red and orange - were significantly warmer than the outskirts by up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius). Clouds, which are cool compared with the ground, are shown in blue and labeled in the image. Cities are usually warmer than open land because of human activities and the materials used in building and construction. Streets are often the hottest part of the built environment due to asphalt paving. Dark-colored surfaces absorb more heat from the Sun than lighter-colored ones; asphalt absorbs up to 95%% of solar radiation and retains the heat for hours into the nighttime. ECOSTRESS measures the temperature of the g
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The Central Valley, CA is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the United States and the world. As California is in a continuing drought, it is important to monitor agricultural plant life to ensure maximized productivity. ECOSTRESS has the ability to monitor Evapotranspiration over agricultural fields. This Evapotranspiration image on the right was captured on June 09, 2022 at 06 12 PM PDT. The image on the left was captured by ECOSTRESS on June 15, 2022 at 08 27 AM PDT. Blue indicates high water use while brown indicates dry conditions. ECOSTRESS is a thermal instrument on the International Space Station that measures the temperature of the ground, which is hotter than the air temperature during the day. It was launched to the space station in 2018. Its primary mission is to identify critical thresholds of water use and water stress in plants and to detect the timing, location, and predictive factors leading to plant water uptake decline and/or cessation. The nature of
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NASA Model Provides 3-D Look at L.A.-area 5.1 Quake
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This frame from an animation depicts variations in surface elevation resulting from the discharge and recharge of groundwater basins in Southern California.
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United States bee colonies , Honeybee, United States, Maps, United States, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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This map compares the size of the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander was expected to land, called the landing ellipse (red), to the size of Long Island, N.Y.