Berlin Flyby

  • Released Friday, April 9, 1999
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This scene shows the city of Berlin, seen from the eastern side of the city looking west. At the time this Landsat data was collected, Berlin was still divided by the Berlin Wall. The airfield shown somewhat south of the city is Tempelhof airfield. The Spree River runs through the center of the city. Just south of the Spree River is a large green area which is Tiergarten Park. The image also shows a brown region in the upper center which is Tegel Airport. The Landsat data is shown with shortwave infrared (TM Band 5) displayed as red, near infrared (TM Band 4) as green, and visible green (TM Band 2) as blue. This wide spectral range causes urban features such as concrete buildings and roads to appear as dark gray/black, water as dark blue, while green spaces are vegetation coverage such as grass and trees.

A flyby of Berlin, from Landsat data

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Video slate image reads, "Viewing Berlin, GermanyUsing the Thematic Mapper (TM) data sets with shortwave IR, IR, and Visible bands mapped to red, green, and blue9 May 1988".

Video slate image reads,
"Viewing Berlin, Germany
Using the Thematic Mapper (TM) data sets with shortwave IR, IR, and Visible bands mapped to red, green, and blue
9 May 1988".

For More Information

See http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stories/Landsat/berlin.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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