Gallery: Favorite Images From Landsat's Amazing 40-Year Record of Earth From Space

  • Mauritania
    01

    mauritania

    *Volcanic dome known as the Richat structure in Mauritania, taken by Landsat 7 on Jan. 11, 2001. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2861))*
  • Hawaii
    02

    hawaii-2

    *Image of Hawaii's Big Island made from data taken by Landsat 7 between 1999 and 2001 as part of NOAA's [Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/index.html). ([NOAA/USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2449))*
  • Myanmar
    03

    myanmar-2

    *The Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea captured by Landsat 5 on Dec. 14, 2004. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79831))*
  • Death Valley
    04

    death-valley-2

    *California's Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in the United States, taken by Landsat 7 on June 11, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/archive/f0007.html))*
  • Namibia
    05

    namibia-2

    *Dunes reach nearly 1,000 feet high along Namibia’s Atlantic coast. in this image taken by Landsat 7, Aug. 1, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art#31))*
  • von Karman
    06

    von-karman

    **Von Karman vortices over Alexander Selkirk Island in the southern Pacific Ocean, taken by Landsat 7 on Sep. 15, 1999. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2613))**
  • Las Vegas
    07

    las-vegas-3

    *Expansion of Las Vegas shown here with two false-color Landsat 5 images from Aug. 3, 1984 and Nov. 2, 2011. ([USGS/NASA](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/landsat-city-change/))*
  • Kansas
    08

    kansas-2

    *Center pivot irrigation systems in croplands near Garden City, Kansas, taken by Landsat 7 on Sep, 25, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2510))*
  • Mississippi River
    09

    mississippi-river-2

    *Mississippi river south of Memphis on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, taken by Landsat 7 on May 28, 2003. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art_3#20))*
  • Russia
    10

    russia-2

    *The eastern side of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, taken by Landsat 7 on Feb. 17, 2002. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art_2#20))*
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