Urban Growth in Las Vegas

  • Released Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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Over the course of four decades, Las Vegas sprawls outward into the pale background of the Mojave Desert. Landsat satellites captured this steady transformation of open desert to developed metropolitan grid.

A natural-color Landsat time series of Las Vegas, spanning from 1985 to 2025, showing the dramatic urban expansion over time

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM EDT.