Watching Earth for 25 years

Happy Birthday to the workhorse Landsat 5 satellite

The high-flying Landsat 5 celebrated a quarter-century in orbit March 1 by snapping an image of Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano, a peak that’s been rumbling and threatening to erupt since November 2008.

REDOUBT VOLCANO Alaska’s Redoubt Volcano as seen by Landsat 5 on March 1.