In 2013, after overseeing the launch of the U. S. scientific satellite Landsat 8, McNutt resigned from her government post. |
It is possible that it was not operating but, more likely, the resolution of the Landsat 4 thermal imager was not good enough. |
This image shows two of the many combinations of bands that can be used to display a 'pseudo-coloured' scene from the Landsat satellite. |
Luckily, images taken by Landsat, an American satellite programme, in the 1970s, give some idea of where different types of vegetation existed. |
This puzzling feature is not easy to understand on either the air photo or the Landsat image. |
In addition, the archived multi-temporal data from Landsat and Spot would assist in assessing landslide events in previous years. |