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Boston in the USA is seen from Landsat.

Boston was founded in 1630 and it has with its relatively short distance to Europe functioned as gateway during colonial times. The town has witnessed many historical events during the civil war including the Boston Tea Party in 1773. See more at http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party The town covers an area of 232 km2 and a large part is located on dried land. Boston has around 600.000 inhabitants, hence is on of the most densely populated towns in the USA. Including the suburbs seen in the satellite image there are around 4.500.000 people in Greater Boston. The Landsat satellite image is from the 27th September 2000 and it shows Boston and the surrounding land and water. Note the Logan International Airport that is located near the harbor on the dried land within the harbor area.

Technical information

The image is from Landsat ETM and it was recorded on the 27th September 2000. The original size in pixels is 28.5 meter. The image is shown with true colors. The images has been processed at GRAS http://www.gras.ku.dk/