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The Landsat project, a joint venture between NASA and the US Geological Survey, is the longest continuous space-based record of Earth in existence. A total of eight Landsat satellites have been launched into space since 1972, with a ninth set to

A satellite has captured strange rippled lines across parts of Russia's arctic, leaving scientists confused as to what they are. The photos were captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on NASA's Landsat 8 satellite and show the region on both sides of the Markha River in Russia's Central Siberian Plateau. While the intriguing striped effect is always there, it is more visible in winter when the white snow makes the patterns stand out. (NASA / Earth Observatory) The strange pattern is evident regardless of the time of year NASA scientists believe the cause of the effect is because this ...

Close In Arctic Siberia, near the Markha River, the earth ripples in ways that scientists does not fully understand and can't affirm why these hills in the Russian Arctic ripple with stripes.  NASA researchers posted earlier this week, a set of satellite images of the strange wrinkled landscape to the Earth Observatory website of the agency. (Photo : Space X) Conflicting Explanations Given to NASA The photos, taken with the Landsat 8 satellite display the land on both sides of the Markha River waving with flipping dark and light stripes. The puzzling effect is apparent in all four seasons, b...

NASA shares images of odd landscape near Markha River in Siberia leaving scientists puzzled - Situated near the Markha River in Arctic Siberia, the ripples created near the banks alternate between dark and light stripes.