January 20, 2017
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As a followup to my recent EO-1 post here another set of unusual images from this satellite from a few months ago. These kind of show the start of the polar day in the 2016/2017 summer in the Antarctic. At … Continue reading
July 19, 2016
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As mentioned previously when writing about images of the Antarctic the USGS announced some time ago they’d be starting to regularly record off-nadir images with Landsat 8 of the polar areas beyond the regular Landsat recording limit. As likewise mentioned … Continue reading
June 21, 2016
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On occasion of the summer solstice i put together a midnight sun satellite image mosaic of the Scoresby Sound area in Eastern Greenland from images of the past weeks. I explained and demonstrated the concept of nighttime satellite images at … Continue reading
June 20, 2016
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While here summer is approaching (although spring has been very rainy this year) in the high Arctic spring is just starting. Here a satellite image from Northern Greenland of the Petermann Glacier where snow and ice are thawing. The strong … Continue reading
April 29, 2016
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Although i did not explicity mention this when writing my Sentinel-2 review i assumed that Sentinel-2 offers a significantly larger coverage in the polar regions than Landsat (where it regularly ends at 82.66°) due to the wider swath it records. … Continue reading
March 12, 2016
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Last year i showed an image from the Bay of Whales in Antarctica. Here is a newer Landsat image from the same area from approximately a year later. And here is the same in direct comparison to the 2015 image … Continue reading
January 26, 2016
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As with normal ground level photography satellite images are often most impressive with a low sun position. Here is a Landsat based view of the highest mountain of the Alaska Range, Denali from January 16. The Denali is located on … Continue reading
January 1, 2016
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The map of Franz Josef Land got an update with new map data and a new satellite image mosaic fully based on Landsat-8-data and produced to the standards previously shown in the Greenland and Svalbard images. The mapping is updated … Continue reading
November 12, 2015
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As with previous Landsat mosaics i also produced a vegetation map for Greenland matching the image mosaic introduced recently. The map shows vegetation cover with a spatial resolution of 30m and distinguishes between woody and herbaceous vegetation although woody in … Continue reading
October 27, 2015
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Until now my collection of Landsat based image mosaics of the Arctic islands missed the big one, i.e. Greenland. I am happy to announce now this is being addressed and you can now get also a Greenland mosaic: This is … Continue reading