Chicago Flyby Along Lake Shore Drive

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
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This scene shows Landsat Thematic Mapper data from the shortwave infrared (TM band 5), infrared (TM band 4), and visible green (TM band 2) channels of Chicago. The downtown area and Lakeshore Drive appears in the center of the downtown scene, with the Adler Planetarium in the foreground. The Chicago regional image shows the suburbs to the west and north of the city and includes O'Hare Airfield. The South Chicago image shows the southern portion of the city as well as the industrial area of Gary, Indiana. The bright red pixels are flame plumes from the steel mills along Lake Michigan's edge. North is up in the regional image, and to the right in the downtown and South Chicago/Gary images in which the camera is facing west from above Lake Michigan.

A flyby of Chicago down Lake Shore Drive, from Landsat data taken December 2, 1993

Chicago, IL (December 2, 1993)

Chicago, IL (December 2, 1993)

Chicago, IL (December 2, 1993)

Chicago, IL (December 2, 1993)

South side of Chicago (December 2, 1993)

South side of Chicago (December 2, 1993)

Video slate image reads, "Landsat ImagesChicagoFly south along Lake Shore Drive".

Video slate image reads,
"Landsat Images
Chicago
Fly south along Lake Shore Drive".

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See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/Landsat_USCities/index.html

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This page was originally published on Friday, April 9, 1999.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:59 PM EDT.

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