GE Lab Created 1976 U.S. Photomosaic From 569 Landsat Images
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Updated · USGS (.gov) · Jun 24
GE Lab Created 1976 U.S. Photomosaic From 569 Landsat Images
1 articles · Updated · USGS (.gov) · Jun 24
Summary
General Electric’s Beltsville Photographic Engineering Laboratory assembled a 1976 photomosaic of the contiguous United States from 569 nearly cloud-free false-color infrared images.
Some 30,000 Landsat 1 and 2 images were reviewed to find the clearest frames, showing the scale of image selection behind the mosaic.
NASA credits the work as a public-domain "Portrait U.S.A." image, documenting an early nationwide satellite composite built from Landsat data.