Melted Colors

Australia

Landsat 8

Acquired 2014-12-14

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

This enhanced image of Western Australia resembles a mixture of crayons that melted in the sun. The yellow sand dunes of the Great Sandy Desert cover the upper right portion of the image. Red splotches indicate burned areas from grass and forest fires, and the colors in the rest of the image depict different types of surface geology.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Acquired 2014-12-14Landsat 8

OA-012

Melted Colors

Australia

Landsat 8

Acquired 2014-12-14

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

This enhanced image of Western Australia resembles a mixture of crayons that melted in the sun. The yellow sand dunes of the Great Sandy Desert cover the upper right portion of the image. Red splotches indicate burned areas from grass and forest fires, and the colors in the rest of the image depict different types of surface geology.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

Limited edition

30 of 30 remaining

Available as

Not yet in the shop. Get in touch → for commissions or an early print of this scene.

← Back to archive

← Previous

Crimson Streams

OA-011

Next →

Eye of Quebec

OA-013