February 8, 2012 - Dr. Alan Belward discusses the value of Landsat.
Alan Belward, head of the Land Resource Management Unit with the Institute for Environment and Sustainability at the European Commission's Joint Research Center, talks about why Landsat is important to global forest mapping. Dr. Belward states that Landsat is a unique tool because of its 40-year time span, its archive of global images, and its free and open access. To hear the complete interview, visit EarthSky.

November 18, 2011 - Landsat 5 Mission in Jeopardy
Over the past 10 days, problems with the amplifier have led to drastically reduced image download capabilities, a sign of impending failure. USGS engineers have suspended imaging activities for an initial period of 90 days in order to explore every possible option for restoring satellite-to-ground image transmissions. For more details, please see the USGS Newsroom.

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Mesquite Mine, California

Acquisition Date: December 12, 1982, July 27, 1987, November 2, 2011
Path: 39 Row: 37
Lat: 33.200 Long: -115.600




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