Kabul, Afghanistan

Acquired September 24, 2009, this false-color image shows the rapidly growing city of Kabul, Afghanistan. Vegetation is green, urbanized areas are gray to black, and bare ground is beige to red-brown.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published January 3, 2010
Data acquired September 24, 2009

Source:

Landsat 5 > TM