It illustrates the Florida Panhandle; Detroit and its surrounding area; Navajo Country in northern Arizona; the high Himalayas; and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.In pictures: NASA introduces Landsat 9 Earth observation satelliteThe city of Kathmandu, Nepal, seen at the bottom left of this Landsat 9 image, lies in a valley south of the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China. In the Western U.S., in locations like the Navajo Nation as seen in this Landsat 9 image, Landsat and other satellite information help people keep track of dry spell conditions and handle irrigation water. (Image credit: NASA/USGS) Landsat 9 will work together with the similar Landsat 8, which introduced in 2013, to image the whole Earth as soon as every 8 days. Landsat 9 can distinguish more than 16,000 tones of an offered color of light, compared to simply 256 for Landsat 7, NASA authorities said.Landsat 9 has 2 Earth-imaging instruments.
It portrays the Florida Panhandle; Detroit and its surrounding location; Navajo Country in northern Arizona; the high Himalayas; and the Kimberley area of Western Australia.In pictures: NASA releases Landsat 9 Earth observation satelliteThe city of Kathmandu, Nepal, seen at the bottom left of this Landsat 9 image, lies in a valley south of the Himalayan Mountains in between Nepal and China. (Image credit: NASA/USGS) Landsat 9 will work together with the comparable Landsat 8, which introduced in 2013, to image the entire Earth as soon as every eight days. Landsat 9 can distinguish more than 16,000 shades of an offered color of light, compared to simply 256 for Landsat 7, NASA officials said.Landsat 9 has 2 Earth-imaging instruments.