Earthshots introduces remote sensing by showing examples of how environmental changes look from space. First-time readers, please start at Garden City, Kansas.

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Top ten articles

Garden City, Kansas
Aral Sea, Central Asia
Mount St. Helens, Washington
Iraq and Kuwait
Las Vegas, Nevada
Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Rondônia, Brazil
Selkirk Island, Chile
Lake Chad, West Africa
Wyperfeld N.P., Australia

Agriculture

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Imperial Valley, California
Garden City, Kansas
Mutarara, Mozambique
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Lake Chad, West Africa
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
USGS EROS, South Dakota
Rosso, Mauritania

Cities

Las Vegas, Nevada
Singapore
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Beijing, China
Angangueo, Mexico
Dallas, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Santiago, Chile
Orlando, Florida
USGS EROS, South Dakota

Deserts

Rosso, Mauritania
Iraq and Kuwait
Las Vegas, Nevada
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Imperial Valley, California
Lake Chad, West Africa
Nile River Delta, Egypt

Forests

Rondônia, Brazil
Angangueo, Mexico
Saloum River, Senegal
Wyperfeld N.P., Australia
Mount St. Helens, Washington
Muskingum mines, Ohio
Elburz Mountains, Iran

Geology

Mount St. Helens, Washington
Orlando, Florida
Muskingum mines, Ohio
Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Iraq and Kuwait
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska

Meteorology

Selkirk Island, Chile
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Kara-Bogaz-Gol, Turkmenistan
USGS EROS, South Dakota
Mutarara, Mozambique
Siren, Wisconsin
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Saloum River, Senegal
Lake Chad, West Africa
Iraq and Kuwait

Remote sensing

Garden City, Kansas
Selkirk Island, Chile
Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Siren, Wisconsin
Knife River, Canada
Mutarara, Mozambique
Las Vegas, Nevada
USGS EROS, South Dakota
Elburz Mountains, Iran
Iraq and Kuwait
Wyperfeld N.P., Australia
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Water

Aral Sea, Central Asia
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska
Kara-Bogaz-Gol, Turkmenistan
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Imperial Valley, California
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
Iraq and Kuwait
Lake Chad, West Africa
Orlando, Florida
Selkirk Island, Chile
Singapore

Wildlife

Angangueo, Mexico
Rondônia, Brazil
Knife River, Canada
Wyperfeld N.P., Australia
Iraq and Kuwait
Lake Chad, West Africa
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Singapore
Saloum River, Senegal

All articles

Angangueo, Mexico
Aral Sea, Central Asia
Beijing, China
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dallas, Texas
Elburz Mountains, Iran
Filchner Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Garden City, Kansas
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Hubbard Glacier, Alaska
IJsselmeer, Netherlands
Imperial Valley, California
Iraq and Kuwait
Kara-Bogaz-Gol, Turkmenistan
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Knife River, Canada
Lake Chad, West Africa
Lake Turkana, Ethiopia/Kenya
Las Vegas, Nevada
Mount St. Helens, Washington
Muskingum mines, Ohio
Mutarara, Mozambique
Nile River Delta, Egypt
Orlando, Florida
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rondônia, Brazil
Rosso, Mauritania
Saloum River, Senegal
San Antonio, Texas
Santiago, Chile
Selkirk Island, Chile
Singapore
Siren, Wisconsin
USGS EROS, South Dakota
Wyperfeld N.P., Australia