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US Land Use: 1850 and 1920
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US Land Use: 1850 and 1920

A series of maps showing land use in 1850 and 1920.

Published Feb 9, 2008

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Romania’s Patchwork of Farm Fields
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Romania’s Patchwork of Farm Fields

Farms in the historic Oltenia province display a compelling array of shapes and sizes.

Published Oct 14, 2020

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Åland Islands
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Åland Islands

This summertime, natural-color image shows the Åland Islands between Sweden and Finland.

Published Sep 20, 2011

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Landsat Shows Land Use Around Portland
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Landsat Shows Land Use Around Portland

Satellites help land managers and city planners track city growth and ecosystem health around Portland, Oregon.

Published Aug 2, 2012

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Peary Land
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Peary Land

Published Sep 28, 2008

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Sandy Plains in the Arctic
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Sandy Plains in the Arctic

Unlike the vegetated tundra of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land is a barren sandy plain that also serves as a land bridge.

Published Oct 5, 2020

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The Expansion of Shanghai
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The Expansion of Shanghai

The Chinese city has reclaimed land from shallow coastal waters at a rapid rate.

Published Dec 11, 2019

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Land Reclamation at Rotterdam
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Land Reclamation at Rotterdam

Acquired in 2006, 2009, and 2010, these natural-color images show the progress of land reclamation aimed at increasing the port capacity at Rotterdam.

Published Nov 28, 2010

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Tree Canopy Height from 1650 to 1992
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Tree Canopy Height from 1650 to 1992

This series of maps shows how much the landscape of the eastern United States changed between 1650 and 1992. The maps depict canopy height, the height of the tallest continuous layer of vegetation.

Published Feb 2, 2008

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Franz Josef Land
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Franz Josef Land

Acquired August 17, 2011, this natural-color image shows Franz Josef Land, a 191-island archipelago in the northeastern Barents Sea.

Published Aug 28, 2011

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Floods in Australia
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Floods in Australia

The extensive flooding that surrounded Normanton, Australia, had largely subsided by March 25, 2009, when the Advanced Land Imager on the EO-1 satellite captured this image.

Published Mar 25, 2009

Land Floods

Cultivating Egypt’s Desert
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Cultivating Egypt’s Desert

This part of the eastern Sahara is very dry, but greenery has been cropping up in recent decades.

Published Mar 11, 2017

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