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Nine Million Scenes in the Archive

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Falkland Islands

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Svalbard, Norway

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Progreso, Mexico

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Campfire, California

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Barrier Islands, Brazil

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Mississippi River Delta

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Lake Superior

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Egypt

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Rice Fields, California

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Pennsylvania Hills

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Landsat archives its nine millionth scene!

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Each scene is a satellite image from space

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about one hundred fifteen miles wide

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Researchers and, well, just about anyone

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can download scenes from the Landsat archive managed by USGS.

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Landsat holds the title for the longest continuous

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space-based record of Earth in existence.

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That’s 50 years of scenes like these, helping scientists and researchers

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understand how our planet is changing over time.