Interpreting Satellite Images

What is the difference between a photograph from space and a satellite image?

  1. Photograph - Photograph taken from the Space Shuttle
  2. True color image - Landsat image in true color (Red, Green, Blue)
  3. False color image - Landsat image showing Near - infrared data as Red

 

Looking at Landsat Satellite Images:

  1. Landsat A
  2. Landsat B
  3. Landsat C
  4. Landsat D

 

Arizona Landsat Mosaic (201k) -
used in the making of the Echo the Bat Adventure
When several landsat images are put together, it is called a mosiac.

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