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Landsat Looks at the Moon

Two Earth-observing satellites turned to watch a lunar eclipse, revealing dramatic and uneven temperature changes across our closest celestial neighbor.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Matthew Montanaro/GSFC/RIT. Visible images (Nikon DSLR photographs) by Matthew Montanaro/GSFC/RIT. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 5, 2022
Data acquired May 16, 2022

Sources:
Landsat 8 > TIRS
Landsat 9 > TIRS-2
Photograph