The "director's cut." Landsat collects data down to 30 meters per pixel, covering an area 185 kilometers wide. It takes about 100 minutes to circle the globe. This video shows one very long collection, from northern Russia down to South Africa; a total of 5,665 miles brought to you in less than 16 minutes. This data was collected on April 19, 2013, by the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
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GSFC_20130515_LDCM_m11249_Long_Swath_15min
Date Created
May 15, 2013
Center
GSFC
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video
Location
Goddard Space Flight Center
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