Reno, Nevada and Surrounding Areas

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This collection of Landsat time series explores dynamic landscape changes across the Sierra Nevada. It shows a four-decade look at rapid urban expansion in Reno, Nevada with a targeted, false-color analysis of severe late-2021 wildfire burn scars near Lake Tahoe.

A natural-color Landsat time series of Reno, Nevada, spanning 1985 to 2025, showing urban development and the historical accumulation of burn scars in the surrounding region.

A false-color Landsat time series (using bands 7, 5, 2) of the Lake Tahoe region, spanning July 4 to December 3, 2021, highlighting severe burn scars and the loss of vegetation from fire activity.

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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 3:25 PM EDT.