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California’s wildflower superbloom

Earth Science Division Editorial Team

May 03, 2017
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After five years of drought, California finally got relief during the winter of 2016-2017 with much-needed precipitation. As a result, brilliant shades of yellow and green bejeweled southern California. These natural color images show the difference in vegetation from March 2016 to March 2017, with an especially brilliant display in the latter image just south of the Cuyama River on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Images taken by the Landsat 8 satellite. Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery: “The Wildflower Superbloom in California from Landsat's Perspective”; U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA.
After five years of drought, California finally got relief during the winter of 2016-2017 with much-needed precipitation. As a result, brilliant shades of yellow and green bejeweled southern California. These natural color images show the difference in vegetation from March 2016 to March 2017, with an especially brilliant display in the latter image just south of the Cuyama River on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Images taken by the Landsat 8 satellite. Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery: “The Wildflower Superbloom in California from Landsat's Perspective”; U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA.

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California’s wildflower superbloom

March 25, 2016 - March 28, 2017

After five years of drought, California finally got relief during the winter of 2016-2017 with much-needed precipitation. As a result, brilliant shades of yellow and green bejeweled southern California. These natural color images show the difference in vegetation from March 2016 to March 2017, with an especially brilliant display in the latter image just south of the Cuyama River on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Images taken by the Landsat 8 satellite. Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery: “The Wildflower Superbloom in California from Landsat's Perspective”; U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA.

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