States

Alaska - mosaic w/map scale, cities AVHRR 01/91 E-1925-66CT

Florida - full State mosaic Landsat MSS 04/75-05/85 E-1721-99CT

Florida - southern mosaic including Orlando Landsat TM 03/92 E-1930-99CT

Florida - southern mosaic w/1:250,000-scale map Landsat TM 03/92-04/93 E-1931-99CT

Hawaiian Islands - oblique of all islands Shuttle 05/85 E-1739-99CT

South Dakota - mosaic Landsat MSS 05/78 E-439-58CT

South Dakota - mosaic with map grid Landsat TM 1986-1993 E-1994-47CT

Cities

Athens, Greece Landsat MSS 08/72 E-567-99CT

Beijing, China Landsat MSS 05/91 E-1943-99CT

Baghdad, Iraq Landsat TM/HRV 01/91 E-1846-99CT

Cairo, Egypt Landsat TM 11/86 E-1597-99CT

Chicago, IL Landsat MSS 10/75 E-1876-99CT

Chicago, IL NASA Skylab 01/74 E-1370-99CT

Damascus, Syria Landsat MSS 12/78 E-1346-99CT

Denver, CO Landsat MSS 10/76 E-1829-99CT

Kiev, USSR Landsat TM 04/86 E-1532-55CT

Las Vegas, NV Landsat TM 04/83 E-1469-46CT

Los Angeles, CA Landsat TM 11/87 E-1702-99CT

Mexico City, Mexico Landsat TM 01/85 E-1507-99CT

New Orleans, LA Landsat MSS 04/76 E-1832-99CT

New Orleans, LA Aircraft N/A E-149-810CT

New York/Long Island Landsat MSS 03/84 E-1478-99CT

New York, NY - oblique NASA Aircraft 04/75 E-1704-99CT

Phoenix, AZ NASA Skylab 01/74 E-1372-99CT

Pierre, SD Landsat MSS 05/76 E-1833-99CT

Rome, Italy Landsat MSS 06/75 E-1834-99CT

San Diego Bay, CA Landsat TM 11/86 E-1807-99CT

San Francisco, CA - oblique NASA Aircraft 04/72 E-1703-99CT

San Francisco Bay, CA - mosaic Landsat TM 07/85 E-1814-99CT

Sioux Falls, SD - mosaic* Aircraft 04/90 E-772-99BN

Stockholm, Sweden Landsat MSS 05/75 E-1835-99CT

Tokyo, Japan Landsat MSS 11/72 E-1836-99CT

Washington, DC - low oblique Aircraft 02/84 E-1567-99CT

Washington, DC - vertical Aircraft 02/84 E-1568-99CT

Washington, DC - high oblique Aircraft 07/83 E-1569-99CT

Special Topics—Space 

Africa/Nile River - with Hubble satellite in Discovery Cargo Bay 04/90 E-1826-99CT

Andes Mts., S. America Shuttle over the Andes 04/90 E-1867-99CT

Astronaut w/Flag on Moon Apollo 12/72 E-1651-99CT

Columbia Landing Shuttle 01/81 E-1379-45CT

Earth Rise From Moon Apollo 01/68 E-1373-99CT

Full Moon Apollo 04/72 E-1368-99CT

Saturn/Jupiter - mosaic of planets Shuttle 11/92 E-1881-810CT

Space Shuttle Columbia III - launch with reflection in water 06/82 E-1387-99CT

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey USGS Fact Sheet 085-99

April 1999

Special Project Images

Area Image Image Identification

Name Source Date Number

* Black and white only
Special Topics—Space, continued

Solar System - mosaic of six planets Apollo 12/79 E-996-99CT

Whole Earth - Saudi Arabia, Africa, S. Pole Apollo 17 04/72 E-1357-99CT

Whole Earth - N./Central America - 50% clouds Apollo 17 N/A E-1358-99CT

Miscellaneous

Alaska/Canada - Mts. St. Elias/Logan, Yukon Territory Landsat TM; DEM 09/86 E-1897-99CT

Augustine Volcano, AK Landsat TM 04/86 E-1708-44CT

Black Hills, SD - mosaic Landsat MSS 09/79 E-1183-99CT

Brazil - changes in forest inventory; three images Landsat MSS 1975,1986,1992 E-1926-99CT

Cape Cod, MA Space Shuttle Columbia 04/81 E-1337-99CT

Cape Cod, MA Landsat MSS 04/74 E-1827-99CT

Chesapeake Bay, VA - image w/1:500,000-scale map Landsat MSS 10/72 E-1904-87CT

China (Tsaidam Basin) - mosaic Landsat MSS 10/72 E-1056-810CT

Global 1-km NDVI Greenness AVHRR 06/92 E-1912-99CT

Global 1-km composite AVHRR 06/92 E-1913-99CT

Grand Canyon, AZ Landsat MSS 10/73 E-1830-99CT

Great Lakes Area AVHRR 09/87 E-1727-99CT

Great Salt Lake, UT Landsat TM 11/84 E-1483-99CT

Hubbard Glacier, AK Landsat TM 09/86 E-1566-99CT

Hurricane Andrew - over Florida coast AVHRR 08/92 E-1891-99CT

Hurricane Emily - over North Carolina coast AVHRR 08/93 E-1919-99CT

Hurricane Felix - four scenes over east coast AVHRR 08/95 E-1940-99CT

Hurricane Hugo - Eastern United States* AVHRR 09/89 E-751-8511BN

Kuwait Oil Fires Landsat TM 05/91 E-1862-99CT

Lake Turkana, Ethiopia - monitoring change Landsat MSS 1973, 1979,1989 E-1939-810CT

Middle East - Persian Gulf/Red Sea AVHRR 08/90 E-1823-99CT

Mississippi River Basin - flood scene AVHRR 07/93 E-1917-99CT

Mississippi River Delta Landsat MSS 04/76 E-1831-99CT

Mt. McKinley, AK Aircraft close-up 01/78 E-988-99CT

Mt. McKinley, AK - digital mosaic Landsat TM 01/84 E-1481-99CT

Mt. Pinatubo (volcano), Philippines AVHRR 07/91 E-1860-99CT

Mt. Redoubt (volcano), AK Landsat TM/DEM 01/91 E-1817-99CT

Mt. Saint Helens, WA* Aircraft 05/80 E-750-810BN

New York State - Finger Lakes below Ontario Landsat MSS 04/76 E-1877-99CT

Niagara Falls, NY - low oblique EPA Aircraft 08/74 E-1815-99CT

North American DEM Data DEM 09/95 E-1993-99CT

North American NDVI Vegetation Index AVHRR 03-11/90 E-1885-99CT

North Pole 1-km NDVI (polar aspect) AVHRR 06/92 E-1923-99CT

Persian Gulf - Kuwait Oil Fires Shuttle 04/91 E-1863-810CT

Persian Gulf - Iraq/Saudi Arabia AVHRR 08/90 E-1822-99CT

Red Sea AVHRR 11/88 E-1791-99CT

Rocky Mountains, CO* AVHRR 07/87 E-757-99BN

San Francisco Bay Area - mosaic Landsat TM 07-08/85 E-1814-99CT

Somalia, Africa AVHRR 12/90 E-1900-99CT

South America - mosaic AVHRR 1987-1989 E-1819-99CT

United States - mosaic AVHRR 1984-1986 E-1649-99CT

USA night scene with State boundaries AVHRR mosaic 09/87 E-1824-99CT

Yellowstone Park, WY - fire boundaries Landsat TM 09/88 E-1772-99CT

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Name Source Date Number

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