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December 19, 2000 - (date of web publication)

EO-1 First Light Images

EO-1 first light image

 

Image 1

 

An image of Alaska (right) taken by EO-1's Advanced Land Imager (ALI) in the panchromatic (PAN) band compared with an image (below) taken by Landsat 7 under nearly identical lighting and surface conditions.

 

 

 

 

Landsat image of Alaska

 

Image 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hyperspectral image of a mountainous region of Argentina

 

Image 3

 

Hyperspectral image of a mountainous region of Argentina taken on December 1, 2000. Red colors show areas of new spring growth. One of the unique aspects of the Hyperion Instrument on EO-1 is it's ability to "pull out" spectral features in unprecedented detail. Uses for the new technology include land use studies, mineral resource assessment, coastal processes research, and climate change studies.

 

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