Bears Ears Satellite Image

Document Type

Map

Publication Date

11-1-2023

Abstract

As a contribution to the Utah as Art collection created by UtahView, a member of the AmericaView consortium (https://americaview.org/), this image of the Bear Ears region in Utah is intended to act as an educational resource to increase interest in the contributions of remote sensing satellites as an aid to Earth resource management. The sprawling Bears Ears National Monument protects over 1.3 million acres of some of the most picturesque landscapes in the state of Utah. It is located to the south of the Colorado River, east of Lake Powell, north of the San Juan River and west of the Colorado state border. The name "Bears Ears" comes from two adjacent buttes that rise over 8,000' above sea level in the western portion of the Abajo Mountains and resemble the ears of bears. These buttes and surrounding area are sacred to several local Native American Tribes who have occupied this land for over 3,000 years. This "false color" image was captured between June 26th and 29th of 2023 by the Multispectral Imager onboard the European Space Agency Sentinel-2A satellite. The imager can record visible and infrared light reflected from the earth’s surface. This image is displayed using non-visible infrared light coupled with visible blue. This combination allows us to visualize subtle variations in soil, vegetation, and water.

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