Capitol Reef National Park Satellite Image

Document Type

Map

Publication Date

10-1-2022

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 Capitol Reef National Park, Utah and surrounding area, 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. Capitol Reef National Park is located in south-central Utah, and named for the great white formations of Navajo Sandstone that resemble the domes of capitol buildings. The region is characterized by colorful sandstone cliffs, soaring monoliths, natural bridges, impressive domes, and a nearly 100-mile long geologic monocline called the Waterpocket Fold. The Waterpocket Fold is the defining feature of the park, and it extends from Thousand Lake Mountain in the north to Lake Powell to the south. This image of Capitol Reef National Park was captured on June 18, 2013, by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 satellite. This image is rendered using the shortwave and near infrared bands along with the coastal blue band of the OLI. The final image is overlain onto terrain data to emphasize topography.

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