Scouting Watering Holes from Space

Satellites may make it easier for nomadic herders in Senegal to survive the lean season.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Vikalp Mishra/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and Planet Labs, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The SERVIR Global team working on this project includes people from NASA, Agro-Meteorology, Hydrology, and Meteorology (AGRHYMET), Veterinarians without Borders, and the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 2, 2020
Data acquired 2018

Sources:

Landsat 8 > OLI

Photograph

Planet Labs

Collection:

Science in Action