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A Ring of Green Around Surgut

Changing temperatures and development are altering the vegetation around this city in West Siberia.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Mike Taylor and Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and NDVI trend data courtesy of Victoria Miles/NERSC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 25, 2018
Data acquired August 22, 2016

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > MODIS