Shanghai, China shows tremendous growth between 1986 and 1998.NASA launched the first satellite in the Landsat series on July 23, 1972. Landsat 5 was launched in March 1984 and is still returning images. The imagery was taken between 1984 and 1996. The clearing of the rain forest can be seen near Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This image of Atlanta show the correlation between human built structures and temperature.
First image shows land use patterns.
Second image shows thermal signature of the Atlanta area. Data from floods are used by the insurance industry and city planners. Data acquired from September 1992 and September, 1993. During the fly-around, note the deforested areas on the north face and the soil erosion into the Toutle River. This animation shows the destruction of the conifer forest in the Waldo Lake Wilderness area of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon.