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In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.

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The Watcher

## The Watcher

Weird Watercolor

## Weird Watercolor

Tapestry

## Tapestry

Fanciful Fluorescence

## Fanciful Fluorescence

Expressions in the Desert

## Expressions in the Desert

Moody Carvings

## Moody Carvings

Painted Horse

## Painted Horse

Lurking Madness

## Lurking Madness

Shifting Shapes

## Shifting Shapes

Crimson Streams

## Crimson Streams

Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

## Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

Unfriendly Landscape

## Unfriendly Landscape

Bleeding Heart

## Bleeding Heart

Storm amid the Calm

## Storm amid the Calm

Bleak Midwinter

## Bleak Midwinter

Sabotage

## Sabotage

Fractured

## Fractured

Shoal Complex

## Shoal Complex

Serene Expressions

## Serene Expressions

Parallel Dunes

## Parallel Dunes

Icy Vortex

## Icy Vortex

Southwestern Abstract

## Southwestern Abstract

Tantibus

## Tantibus

Caspian Scour

## Caspian Scour

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Here are the images from the Earth As Art 5 collection, released in 2018. To download the full-resolution image, click the links in each image.

Earth As Art 5

December 18, 2018

#### Earth As Art 5

link

In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 18, 2018

#### Earth As Art 5

link

#### Earth As Art 5

link

In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Icy Vortex

July 24, 2018

#### Icy Vortex

link

Appearing as if an artist imitating Jackson Pollock had randomly spurted ink onto the canvas, this image shows swirling ice in the Foxe Basin of northern Canada. Even though the image is from late July, there was still ice floating in the water this far north.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

July 24, 2018

#### Icy Vortex

link

#### Icy Vortex

link

Appearing as if an artist imitating Jackson Pollock had randomly spurted ink onto the canvas, this image shows swirling ice in the Foxe Basin of northern Canada. Even though the image is from late July, there was still ice floating in the water this far north.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

The Watcher

January 4, 2018

#### The Watcher

link

A volcanic landscape in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad shows some mysterious shapes. However, science can explain mysteries in satellite images. The octopus-shaped feature consists of ancient volcanic flows. In the crater below it, what looks like a face is bright salt deposits.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

January 4, 2018

#### The Watcher

link

#### The Watcher

link

A volcanic landscape in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad shows some mysterious shapes. However, science can explain mysteries in satellite images. The octopus-shaped feature consists of ancient volcanic flows. In the crater below it, what looks like a face is bright salt deposits.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Weird Watercolor

December 21, 2017

#### Weird Watercolor

link

Green shades seem to be bubbling up like a lava lamp on the left side of this image from northeastern Kenya. The right side is like rusted metal. The dark green is the result of geologically recent lava flows, and the other colors are different types of soils. Even with few defined shapes, the piece has a strange beauty.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 21, 2017

#### Weird Watercolor

link

#### Weird Watercolor

link

Green shades seem to be bubbling up like a lava lamp on the left side of this image from northeastern Kenya. The right side is like rusted metal. The dark green is the result of geologically recent lava flows, and the other colors are different types of soils. Even with few defined shapes, the piece has a strange beauty.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Tapestry

December 14, 2017

#### Tapestry

link

Soft colors contrast with harsh terrain in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen. Calming blues and purples seem to collide with an angry orange in this rich tapestry of colors, which are the result of the region’s complex geology. The wild shapes in this busy landscape lie in a region known as the Asharah fault zone.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 14, 2017

#### Tapestry

link

#### Tapestry

link

Soft colors contrast with harsh terrain in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen. Calming blues and purples seem to collide with an angry orange in this rich tapestry of colors, which are the result of the region’s complex geology. The wild shapes in this busy landscape lie in a region known as the Asharah fault zone.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Fanciful Fluorescence

December 5, 2017

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

Fluorescent colors dominate this dreamlike scene. The orange shapes look like glowfish in a fanciful underwater world. Those glowfish are actually clouds, and the neon green represents mountains, including Mount Rainier, near Seattle, Washington.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 5, 2017

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

Fluorescent colors dominate this dreamlike scene. The orange shapes look like glowfish in a fanciful underwater world. Those glowfish are actually clouds, and the neon green represents mountains, including Mount Rainier, near Seattle, Washington.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Expressions in the Desert

December 2, 2017

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

In a remote part of the Western Desert in central Egypt, highly eroded plateaus rise from the desert floor. The bright speckles are ancient dry lakes, the salt deposits reflecting brightly. Long ago, water flowed off the plateau, forming the breaches seen on the plateaus’ edges. This desolate land between oases is surrounded by extensive sand dunes.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 2, 2017

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

In a remote part of the Western Desert in central Egypt, highly eroded plateaus rise from the desert floor. The bright speckles are ancient dry lakes, the salt deposits reflecting brightly. Long ago, water flowed off the plateau, forming the breaches seen on the plateaus’ edges. This desolate land between oases is surrounded by extensive sand dunes.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Moody Carvings

December 1, 2017

#### Moody Carvings

link

These orange shades and ragged shapes give an impression of moodiness. The jagged scars are extensive valleys carved by water flowing from the Andes Mountains in northern Chile. The crater in the lower right is the volcano Cerro Guachiscota.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 1, 2017

#### Moody Carvings

link

#### Moody Carvings

link

These orange shades and ragged shapes give an impression of moodiness. The jagged scars are extensive valleys carved by water flowing from the Andes Mountains in northern Chile. The crater in the lower right is the volcano Cerro Guachiscota.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Painted Horse

November 23, 2017

#### Painted Horse

link

The northern end of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos looks like a seahorse with warts—with an eye painted in the ancient Egyptian style. The island was formed by the merger of six volcanoes. Wolf Volcano is the prominent one in the center; Ecuador Volcano is the one that forms the seahorse’s mouth. Past volcanic flows radiate from the large craters.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

November 23, 2017

#### Painted Horse

link

#### Painted Horse

link

The northern end of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos looks like a seahorse with warts—with an eye painted in the ancient Egyptian style. The island was formed by the merger of six volcanoes. Wolf Volcano is the prominent one in the center; Ecuador Volcano is the one that forms the seahorse’s mouth. Past volcanic flows radiate from the large craters.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Lurking Madness

October 6, 2017

#### Lurking Madness

link

This Landsat image looks like a bold watercolor. Yellow dances across the darkness with muted violet underneath. With a kind of science-fiction flair, this scene shows a portion of the Qattara Depression in Egypt.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

October 6, 2017

#### Lurking Madness

link

#### Lurking Madness

link

This Landsat image looks like a bold watercolor. Yellow dances across the darkness with muted violet underneath. With a kind of science-fiction flair, this scene shows a portion of the Qattara Depression in Egypt.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Shifting Shapes

September 23, 2017

#### Shifting Shapes

link

Extensive farmland in northeastern China shows a predictable pattern of vertical shapes. But on closer inspection, the shapes begin to look more random, with variances everywhere. Look closely to be surprised by patterns and broken patterns.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

September 23, 2017

#### Shifting Shapes

link

#### Shifting Shapes

link

Extensive farmland in northeastern China shows a predictable pattern of vertical shapes. But on closer inspection, the shapes begin to look more random, with variances everywhere. Look closely to be surprised by patterns and broken patterns.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Crimson Streams

August 22, 2017

#### Crimson Streams

link

Vegetation appears red in this piece, which moves from dark to light in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The vegetation grows along streams, which seem to follow a tortured course through the ridges and valleys before wandering through the desert.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

August 22, 2017

#### Crimson Streams

link

#### Crimson Streams

link

Vegetation appears red in this piece, which moves from dark to light in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The vegetation grows along streams, which seem to follow a tortured course through the ridges and valleys before wandering through the desert.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

July 19, 2017

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

In far northern Canada, pulses of freshwater flow down rivers after inland ice and snow melts. These pulses, known as a freshet, carry huge amounts of sediment. The sediment seen in this image flowed into the Beaufort Sea from the Mackenzie River, the longest northward-flowing river in North America.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

July 19, 2017

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

In far northern Canada, pulses of freshwater flow down rivers after inland ice and snow melts. These pulses, known as a freshet, carry huge amounts of sediment. The sediment seen in this image flowed into the Beaufort Sea from the Mackenzie River, the longest northward-flowing river in North America.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Unfriendly Landscape

June 30, 2017

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

In this region, called the Valley of the Moon in Jordan, steep-sided granite mountains alternate with sandy valleys. It may be an unfriendly landscape, but it makes nice textures for an art print. An intriguing interruption of those textures is provided by a few center pivot irrigation fields.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

June 30, 2017

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

In this region, called the Valley of the Moon in Jordan, steep-sided granite mountains alternate with sandy valleys. It may be an unfriendly landscape, but it makes nice textures for an art print. An intriguing interruption of those textures is provided by a few center pivot irrigation fields.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Bleeding Heart

March 14, 2017

#### Bleeding Heart

link

A feathery, blood red streak cuts across the heart of this image. The translucent red paint stroke is not actually a feature of the land. It is a cirrus cloud detected by Landsat 8’s cirrus band. This cirrus cloud, which hovers over the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, is invisible in natural color imagery.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

March 14, 2017

#### Bleeding Heart

link

#### Bleeding Heart

link

A feathery, blood red streak cuts across the heart of this image. The translucent red paint stroke is not actually a feature of the land. It is a cirrus cloud detected by Landsat 8’s cirrus band. This cirrus cloud, which hovers over the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, is invisible in natural color imagery.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Storm amid the Calm

January 5, 2017

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

Even with the calming blue tones, there is an unsettling feeling in the jagged marks that lead to a circular feature. This feature is Gweni-Fada Crater, a meteorite impact crater in the Ennedi Plateau of northern Chad. In addition to the tension between calm and storm, there is a sense that this scene could pass as a view on another planet.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

January 5, 2017

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

Even with the calming blue tones, there is an unsettling feeling in the jagged marks that lead to a circular feature. This feature is Gweni-Fada Crater, a meteorite impact crater in the Ennedi Plateau of northern Chad. In addition to the tension between calm and storm, there is a sense that this scene could pass as a view on another planet.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Bleak Midwinter

December 20, 2016

#### Bleak Midwinter

link

Snow covers the landscape in southwestern Minnesota just a day before the winter solstice. It may look like a stark black and white image, but it is really a natural color image. The Minnesota River flows from the upper left to the lower right.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 20, 2016

#### Bleak Midwinter

link

#### Bleak Midwinter

link

Snow covers the landscape in southwestern Minnesota just a day before the winter solstice. It may look like a stark black and white image, but it is really a natural color image. The Minnesota River flows from the upper left to the lower right.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Sabotage

December 2, 2016

#### Sabotage

link

Tranquil colors and patterns intermingle near Argentina’s Colorado River, which runs across the upper one-third of the image. The calming textures are interrupted by a violent splash in the center, the result of volcanic action from the Auca Mahuida Volcanic Field from long ago.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 2, 2016

#### Sabotage

link

#### Sabotage

link

Tranquil colors and patterns intermingle near Argentina’s Colorado River, which runs across the upper one-third of the image. The calming textures are interrupted by a violent splash in the center, the result of volcanic action from the Auca Mahuida Volcanic Field from long ago.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Fractured

June 25, 2016

#### Fractured

link

Cracking ice on the Arctic Ocean fractures like broken glass in far northern Canada. Uninhabited Eglinton Island is the land on the right. Fingers of land from Prince Patrick Island stretch downward in the upper left of the image.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

June 25, 2016

#### Fractured

link

#### Fractured

link

Cracking ice on the Arctic Ocean fractures like broken glass in far northern Canada. Uninhabited Eglinton Island is the land on the right. Fingers of land from Prince Patrick Island stretch downward in the upper left of the image.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Shoal Complex

April 24, 2016

#### Shoal Complex

link

The main feature here, near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, is the Schooner Cays shoal complex. The tidal sand ridges, parabolic bars, and intervening channels explode in a blue rhythm. The Bahamas have the third most extensive coral reef in the world.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

April 24, 2016

#### Shoal Complex

link

#### Shoal Complex

link

The main feature here, near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, is the Schooner Cays shoal complex. The tidal sand ridges, parabolic bars, and intervening channels explode in a blue rhythm. The Bahamas have the third most extensive coral reef in the world.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Caspian Scour

April 6, 2016

#### Caspian Scour

link

In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

April 6, 2016

#### Caspian Scour

link

#### Caspian Scour

link

In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

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September 24, 2018

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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

## Related Content

Here are the images from the Earth As Art 5 collection, released in 2018. To download the full-resolution image, click the links in each image.

Earth As Art 5

December 18, 2018

#### Earth As Art 5

link

In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 18, 2018

#### Earth As Art 5

link

#### Earth As Art 5

link

In the 5th edition of Earth as Art, we continue to display the Earth as our eyes cannot see it—in creative combinations of visible and infrared light. These unreal views of farmland, coastlines, and snowscapes remind us of the powerfully artistic qualities of Earth’s land features.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Icy Vortex

July 24, 2018

#### Icy Vortex

link

Appearing as if an artist imitating Jackson Pollock had randomly spurted ink onto the canvas, this image shows swirling ice in the Foxe Basin of northern Canada. Even though the image is from late July, there was still ice floating in the water this far north.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

July 24, 2018

#### Icy Vortex

link

#### Icy Vortex

link

Appearing as if an artist imitating Jackson Pollock had randomly spurted ink onto the canvas, this image shows swirling ice in the Foxe Basin of northern Canada. Even though the image is from late July, there was still ice floating in the water this far north.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

The Watcher

January 4, 2018

#### The Watcher

link

A volcanic landscape in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad shows some mysterious shapes. However, science can explain mysteries in satellite images. The octopus-shaped feature consists of ancient volcanic flows. In the crater below it, what looks like a face is bright salt deposits.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

January 4, 2018

#### The Watcher

link

#### The Watcher

link

A volcanic landscape in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad shows some mysterious shapes. However, science can explain mysteries in satellite images. The octopus-shaped feature consists of ancient volcanic flows. In the crater below it, what looks like a face is bright salt deposits.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Weird Watercolor

December 21, 2017

#### Weird Watercolor

link

Green shades seem to be bubbling up like a lava lamp on the left side of this image from northeastern Kenya. The right side is like rusted metal. The dark green is the result of geologically recent lava flows, and the other colors are different types of soils. Even with few defined shapes, the piece has a strange beauty.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 21, 2017

#### Weird Watercolor

link

#### Weird Watercolor

link

Green shades seem to be bubbling up like a lava lamp on the left side of this image from northeastern Kenya. The right side is like rusted metal. The dark green is the result of geologically recent lava flows, and the other colors are different types of soils. Even with few defined shapes, the piece has a strange beauty.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Tapestry

December 14, 2017

#### Tapestry

link

Soft colors contrast with harsh terrain in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen. Calming blues and purples seem to collide with an angry orange in this rich tapestry of colors, which are the result of the region’s complex geology. The wild shapes in this busy landscape lie in a region known as the Asharah fault zone.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 14, 2017

#### Tapestry

link

#### Tapestry

link

Soft colors contrast with harsh terrain in southwestern Saudi Arabia, near the border with Yemen. Calming blues and purples seem to collide with an angry orange in this rich tapestry of colors, which are the result of the region’s complex geology. The wild shapes in this busy landscape lie in a region known as the Asharah fault zone.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Fanciful Fluorescence

December 5, 2017

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

Fluorescent colors dominate this dreamlike scene. The orange shapes look like glowfish in a fanciful underwater world. Those glowfish are actually clouds, and the neon green represents mountains, including Mount Rainier, near Seattle, Washington.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 5, 2017

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

#### Fanciful Fluorescence

link

Fluorescent colors dominate this dreamlike scene. The orange shapes look like glowfish in a fanciful underwater world. Those glowfish are actually clouds, and the neon green represents mountains, including Mount Rainier, near Seattle, Washington.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Expressions in the Desert

December 2, 2017

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

In a remote part of the Western Desert in central Egypt, highly eroded plateaus rise from the desert floor. The bright speckles are ancient dry lakes, the salt deposits reflecting brightly. Long ago, water flowed off the plateau, forming the breaches seen on the plateaus’ edges. This desolate land between oases is surrounded by extensive sand dunes.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 2, 2017

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

#### Expressions in the Desert

link

In a remote part of the Western Desert in central Egypt, highly eroded plateaus rise from the desert floor. The bright speckles are ancient dry lakes, the salt deposits reflecting brightly. Long ago, water flowed off the plateau, forming the breaches seen on the plateaus’ edges. This desolate land between oases is surrounded by extensive sand dunes.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Moody Carvings

December 1, 2017

#### Moody Carvings

link

These orange shades and ragged shapes give an impression of moodiness. The jagged scars are extensive valleys carved by water flowing from the Andes Mountains in northern Chile. The crater in the lower right is the volcano Cerro Guachiscota.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 1, 2017

#### Moody Carvings

link

#### Moody Carvings

link

These orange shades and ragged shapes give an impression of moodiness. The jagged scars are extensive valleys carved by water flowing from the Andes Mountains in northern Chile. The crater in the lower right is the volcano Cerro Guachiscota.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Painted Horse

November 23, 2017

#### Painted Horse

link

The northern end of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos looks like a seahorse with warts—with an eye painted in the ancient Egyptian style. The island was formed by the merger of six volcanoes. Wolf Volcano is the prominent one in the center; Ecuador Volcano is the one that forms the seahorse’s mouth. Past volcanic flows radiate from the large craters.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

November 23, 2017

#### Painted Horse

link

#### Painted Horse

link

The northern end of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos looks like a seahorse with warts—with an eye painted in the ancient Egyptian style. The island was formed by the merger of six volcanoes. Wolf Volcano is the prominent one in the center; Ecuador Volcano is the one that forms the seahorse’s mouth. Past volcanic flows radiate from the large craters.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Lurking Madness

October 6, 2017

#### Lurking Madness

link

This Landsat image looks like a bold watercolor. Yellow dances across the darkness with muted violet underneath. With a kind of science-fiction flair, this scene shows a portion of the Qattara Depression in Egypt.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

October 6, 2017

#### Lurking Madness

link

#### Lurking Madness

link

This Landsat image looks like a bold watercolor. Yellow dances across the darkness with muted violet underneath. With a kind of science-fiction flair, this scene shows a portion of the Qattara Depression in Egypt.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Shifting Shapes

September 23, 2017

#### Shifting Shapes

link

Extensive farmland in northeastern China shows a predictable pattern of vertical shapes. But on closer inspection, the shapes begin to look more random, with variances everywhere. Look closely to be surprised by patterns and broken patterns.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

September 23, 2017

#### Shifting Shapes

link

#### Shifting Shapes

link

Extensive farmland in northeastern China shows a predictable pattern of vertical shapes. But on closer inspection, the shapes begin to look more random, with variances everywhere. Look closely to be surprised by patterns and broken patterns.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Crimson Streams

August 22, 2017

#### Crimson Streams

link

Vegetation appears red in this piece, which moves from dark to light in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The vegetation grows along streams, which seem to follow a tortured course through the ridges and valleys before wandering through the desert.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

August 22, 2017

#### Crimson Streams

link

#### Crimson Streams

link

Vegetation appears red in this piece, which moves from dark to light in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The vegetation grows along streams, which seem to follow a tortured course through the ridges and valleys before wandering through the desert.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

July 19, 2017

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

In far northern Canada, pulses of freshwater flow down rivers after inland ice and snow melts. These pulses, known as a freshet, carry huge amounts of sediment. The sediment seen in this image flowed into the Beaufort Sea from the Mackenzie River, the longest northward-flowing river in North America.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

July 19, 2017

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

#### Mackenzie Meets Beaufort

link

In far northern Canada, pulses of freshwater flow down rivers after inland ice and snow melts. These pulses, known as a freshet, carry huge amounts of sediment. The sediment seen in this image flowed into the Beaufort Sea from the Mackenzie River, the longest northward-flowing river in North America.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Unfriendly Landscape

June 30, 2017

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

In this region, called the Valley of the Moon in Jordan, steep-sided granite mountains alternate with sandy valleys. It may be an unfriendly landscape, but it makes nice textures for an art print. An intriguing interruption of those textures is provided by a few center pivot irrigation fields.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

June 30, 2017

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

#### Unfriendly Landscape

link

In this region, called the Valley of the Moon in Jordan, steep-sided granite mountains alternate with sandy valleys. It may be an unfriendly landscape, but it makes nice textures for an art print. An intriguing interruption of those textures is provided by a few center pivot irrigation fields.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Bleeding Heart

March 14, 2017

#### Bleeding Heart

link

A feathery, blood red streak cuts across the heart of this image. The translucent red paint stroke is not actually a feature of the land. It is a cirrus cloud detected by Landsat 8’s cirrus band. This cirrus cloud, which hovers over the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, is invisible in natural color imagery.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

March 14, 2017

#### Bleeding Heart

link

#### Bleeding Heart

link

A feathery, blood red streak cuts across the heart of this image. The translucent red paint stroke is not actually a feature of the land. It is a cirrus cloud detected by Landsat 8’s cirrus band. This cirrus cloud, which hovers over the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, is invisible in natural color imagery.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Storm amid the Calm

January 5, 2017

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

Even with the calming blue tones, there is an unsettling feeling in the jagged marks that lead to a circular feature. This feature is Gweni-Fada Crater, a meteorite impact crater in the Ennedi Plateau of northern Chad. In addition to the tension between calm and storm, there is a sense that this scene could pass as a view on another planet.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

January 5, 2017

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

#### Storm amid the Calm

link

Even with the calming blue tones, there is an unsettling feeling in the jagged marks that lead to a circular feature. This feature is Gweni-Fada Crater, a meteorite impact crater in the Ennedi Plateau of northern Chad. In addition to the tension between calm and storm, there is a sense that this scene could pass as a view on another planet.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

Bleak Midwinter

December 20, 2016

#### Bleak Midwinter

link

Snow covers the landscape in southwestern Minnesota just a day before the winter solstice. It may look like a stark black and white image, but it is really a natural color image. The Minnesota River flows from the upper left to the lower right.

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

December 20, 2016

#### Bleak Midwinter

link

#### Bleak Midwinter

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Snow covers the landscape in southwestern Minnesota just a day before the winter solstice. It may look like a stark black and white image, but it is really a natural color image. The Minnesota River flows from the upper left to the lower right.

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Sabotage

December 2, 2016

#### Sabotage

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Tranquil colors and patterns intermingle near Argentina’s Colorado River, which runs across the upper one-third of the image. The calming textures are interrupted by a violent splash in the center, the result of volcanic action from the Auca Mahuida Volcanic Field from long ago.

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December 2, 2016

#### Sabotage

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#### Sabotage

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Tranquil colors and patterns intermingle near Argentina’s Colorado River, which runs across the upper one-third of the image. The calming textures are interrupted by a violent splash in the center, the result of volcanic action from the Auca Mahuida Volcanic Field from long ago.

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Fractured

June 25, 2016

#### Fractured

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Cracking ice on the Arctic Ocean fractures like broken glass in far northern Canada. Uninhabited Eglinton Island is the land on the right. Fingers of land from Prince Patrick Island stretch downward in the upper left of the image.

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June 25, 2016

#### Fractured

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#### Fractured

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Cracking ice on the Arctic Ocean fractures like broken glass in far northern Canada. Uninhabited Eglinton Island is the land on the right. Fingers of land from Prince Patrick Island stretch downward in the upper left of the image.

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Shoal Complex

April 24, 2016

#### Shoal Complex

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The main feature here, near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, is the Schooner Cays shoal complex. The tidal sand ridges, parabolic bars, and intervening channels explode in a blue rhythm. The Bahamas have the third most extensive coral reef in the world.

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April 24, 2016

#### Shoal Complex

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#### Shoal Complex

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The main feature here, near Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, is the Schooner Cays shoal complex. The tidal sand ridges, parabolic bars, and intervening channels explode in a blue rhythm. The Bahamas have the third most extensive coral reef in the world.

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Caspian Scour

April 6, 2016

#### Caspian Scour

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In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

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April 6, 2016

#### Caspian Scour

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#### Caspian Scour

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In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

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