jtotheizzoe: Massive City Growth as Seen From Space As captured from the Landsat 3 satellite, this infrared-range image shows the loss of vegetation due to urban growth around China’s Pearl River Delta over a 30 year period. What’s with the colors? Vegetation shows up as red in images like these thanks to the expanded infrared spectrum, and urban areas as gray. You can even see a completely new man-made island pop up in the bottom center! Today this region is home to over 36 million people. More shots of urban growth from space at Wired Science. (ᔥ Matthias Rascher) HIGH RES

jtotheizzoe:

Massive City Growth as Seen From Space

As captured from the Landsat 3 satellite, this infrared-range image shows the loss of vegetation due to urban growth around China’s Pearl River Delta over a 30 year period.

What’s with the colors? Vegetation shows up as red in images like these thanks to the expanded infrared spectrum, and urban areas as gray. You can even see a completely new man-made island pop up in the bottom center! Today this region is home to over 36 million people.

More shots of urban growth from space at Wired Science.

(ᔥ Matthias Rascher)

(via futurist-foresight)

#china  #pearl river  #delta  #Population Growth  #cities  #urban planning  #island  #map  #nasa  
∞  07/27/12 at 07:22am via Wired
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