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Los Angeles Flyby
These scenes show Los Angeles and Burbank as seen by the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) instrument. The shortwave infrared (TM band 5), infrared (TM band 4), and visible green (TM band 2) channels are displayed in the images as red, green, and blue respectively. In this combination, barren and/or recently cultivated land appears red to pink, vegetation appears green, water is dark blue, and artificial structures of concrete and asphalt appear dark grey or black.

A flyby of Los Angeles, from Landsat imagery taken September 6, 1997    A flyby of Los Angeles, from Landsat imagery taken September 6, 1997
Duration: 1.2 minutes
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Los Angeles, CA (September 6, 1997)    Los Angeles, CA (September 6, 1997)

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Los Angeles, CA (September 6, 1997)    Los Angeles, CA (September 6, 1997)

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Animation Number:852
Animator:Jesse Allen (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:1999-04-09
Scientist:Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Instrument:Landsat-5/TM
Data Collected:1997/09/06
Video:SVS1999-1002 *
Goddard TV Tapes:G1999-021
 G2003-046
Keywords:
DLESE >> Agricultural science
DLESE >> Human geography
SVS >> Los Angeles
DLESE >> Physical geography
GCMD >> Location >> California
More Information on this topic available at:
stories/Landsat_USCities/index.html
 
 
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