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Landsat at 50: How satellites revolutionized the way we see – and protect – the natural world

  • Written by Stacy Morford, Environment + Climate Editor
Landsat at 50: How satellites revolutionized the way we see – and protect – the natural worldA river meanders through the Amazon Basin, seen from Landsat.NASA

Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world.

It captured images of Earth’s surface in minute detail, showing how wildfires burned landscapes, how farms erased forests, and many other ways humans were changing the face of...

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