1-154-938 - NASA/Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Composite Landsat false colour image of Greater London, 1979. This image was processed by the Space Department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, from Landsat pictures received in May 1979. The River Thames and the Serpentine can clearly be seen. Parks and other green spaces show up as bright red. Five Landsats were launched between 1972 and 1984 to study the earth's surface in various spectral bands from the visible to the infrared with a resolution of about 30 metres.