Reason for the Seasons

A Full Year of Seasonal Landcover Changes.

 

As the Earth orbits around the sun each year, the seasons are visible from space. Looking down at the North Pole, these satellite images show the changing landcover for each month.

 

Click on an image to see a larger version.

Download a zipped file of all images here.

 

Coming Soon! Instructions for measuring landcover change using free image analysis software from Digital Earth Watch. Contact us if you would like instructions now.

 

 
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January
February
March
April
  January February March April
 
May
June
July
August
  May June July August
 
September
October
November
December
  September October November December
 
 
 

Did you know?

NASA satellites collect images every day?
Learn more by visiting the NASA Earth Observatory.