Landsat 9

Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Oceans
Wildlife
The activity of herring around Vancouver Island in British Columbia brightened coastal waters enough to be detectable from space.
Posted March 27, 2026
Earth Observatory
Floods
Landsat 9
Back-to-back subtropical cyclones in March fueled destructive flash flooding on several of the Hawaiian Islands.
Posted March 25, 2026
Earth
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Life on Earth
Vegetation
Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.
Posted March 23, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Volcanoes
Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.
Posted March 20, 2026
Astrobiology
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
Planetary Analogs
Surface Water
Water on Earth
Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, contains unusually high levels of dissolved oxygen and cone-shaped microbial reefs resembling some of Earth’s oldest fossils.
Posted March 11, 2026
Earth Observatory
Human Dimensions
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
About 2,900 Olympic athletes have converged on northern Italy to sort out who is the GOAT—or perhaps the stoat.
Posted February 5, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Sea Ice
Icebreakers play a critical role in delivering supplies to America’s largest research base in Antarctica.
Posted February 3, 2026
Earth Observatory
Land Cover
Land Use
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Snow
Uncategorized
Vegetation
From autumn color to a winter-white finish, forested areas around Blacksburg trade foliage for snow over the span of two months.
Posted February 2, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Posted January 5, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Natural Disasters
Lava encroaches on the Blue Lagoon, a popular tourist destination in Iceland, in this Nov. 24, 2024, Landsat 9 image overlaid with an infrared signal. The infrared signal helps distinguish the lava’s heat signature. A volcanic fissure burst open on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula four days prior, heralded by a series of earthquakes.
Posted December 6, 2024
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