Gallery: Favorite Images From Landsat's Amazing 40-Year Record of Earth From Space
01mauritania
*Volcanic dome known as the Richat structure in Mauritania, taken by Landsat 7 on Jan. 11, 2001. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2861))*
02hawaii-2
*Image of Hawaii's Big Island made from data taken by Landsat 7 between 1999 and 2001 as part of NOAA's [Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/lca/index.html). ([NOAA/USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2449))*
03myanmar-2
*The Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea captured by Landsat 5 on Dec. 14, 2004. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79831))*
04death-valley-2
*California's Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in the United States, taken by Landsat 7 on June 11, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/archive/f0007.html))*
05namibia-2
*Dunes reach nearly 1,000 feet high along Namibia’s Atlantic coast. in this image taken by Landsat 7, Aug. 1, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art#31))*
06von-karman
**Von Karman vortices over Alexander Selkirk Island in the southern Pacific Ocean, taken by Landsat 7 on Sep. 15, 1999. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2613))**
07las-vegas-3
*Expansion of Las Vegas shown here with two false-color Landsat 5 images from Aug. 3, 1984 and Nov. 2, 2011. ([USGS/NASA](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/07/landsat-city-change/))*
08kansas-2
*Center pivot irrigation systems in croplands near Garden City, Kansas, taken by Landsat 7 on Sep, 25, 2000. ([USGS/NASA](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2510))*
09mississippi-river-2
*Mississippi river south of Memphis on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, taken by Landsat 7 on May 28, 2003. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art_3#20))*
10russia-2
*The eastern side of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, taken by Landsat 7 on Feb. 17, 2002. ([USGS/NASA](http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery/collection.php?type=earth_as_art_2#20))*
