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Looking Down On Our Planet

New satellite imagery reveals a changing global surface

  • Nearly 40 years of USGS satellite imagery shows dramatic changes earth's surface features
  • Changing patterns of land use are seen in urban growth, clear cutting of amazon forests, and surface mining
  • Landsat imagery monitors potential natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding and records the environmental impact of human disasters such as the Chernobyl incident and Deepwater Horizon oil spill
  • Future satellite programs will provide scientists, planners, and managers with valuable information about our environment

    • Speaker: Ron Beck, USGS Land Remote Sensing Program

    Thursday, 07/29/10

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    USGS Evening Public Lecture Series

    345 Middlefield Road
    Bldg 3, 2nd Floor Rambo Auditorium
     Menlo Park, CA 94025
    USA

    Phone: 650-329-5000
    Website: Click to Visit