LandSat "Earth as Art" images

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

This false-color image of the San Francisco Bay region shows water as shades of blue, plants as shades of bright green, and city areas in purples. The city of San Francisco is located on the large north-facing peninsula in the scene center; the Golden Gate Bridge is the thin line visible at the top of the peninsula.

This image was taken on 3/3/2000.


Middle Portion of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

This Landsat image shows a small portion of the eastern Grand Canyon. The Colorado River is black in this image. Vegetation north and south of the canyon is green while the canyon itself is shades of gray and orange.

This image was taken on 6/16/2001.