The Earth as Art on-line gallery premiered in July 2002 and has been hugely
popular. We are so glad that the beautiful satellite imagery of our planet
has
made such a huge impact.
The original Earth as Art images were from the Landsat 7
satellite, and were
created by the USGS National Center for EROS to introduce the
general public to
the Landsat Program, which is administered jointly by USGS and
NASA. Various combinations of the eight Landsat
7 spectral bands were selected to create the vivid RGB
composites featured on this site.
In 2003, a second set of Earth as Art images was put
together - this time using images from both Landsat 7 and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal
Emission and
Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) aboard the Terra Satellite. We have
incorporated these images into our on-line gallery and hope you will
enjoy them as much as the first set!
