🍂🛰️ This sequence of images from Landsat and Sentinel satellites captures the transition from late summer to fall in northern Vermont and New Hampshire. These images were taken from Sept. 13 through Oct. 28, 2024, and they show forests changing from green to golden, followed by the arrival of the first snowfall. In the right-center portion of the image, Mount Washington is recognizable as the first area to become snow-covered, as seen in the Oct. 18 image. | NASA Earth

#Landsat 8 launched 10 years ago today! For over 50 years, the Landsat mission has kept a watchful eye over Earth, providing the longest continuous record of our planet from space. Landsat is a joint mission between NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat 8 was also the first to allow everyone in the world fully free and open access to its data from first light. #OpenScience To celebrate, let’s look back at some of the remarkable ways L

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/ Landsat program holds the title for the longest continuous space-based record of Earth’s land in existence. That’s nearly 50 years of steadfast observation! Explore how it all began and why the program was born: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration