Four Times the Depth of Color
Landsat’s collects light.
How intense that light is tells us about what's on the ground.
You can think of intensity like different shades of a color.
Landsat 9, the newest satellite to join the Landsat fleet, sees 16,384 shades.
That’s four times the depth of color of the previous Landsat,
meaning we’ll be able to see more detail in darker spots
like coastal waters and dense forests.