| Location: |
Lake Laberge, Yukon |
| NTS
map(s): |
105 D, E |
Location Map:  |
See a detailed map (1:1M) of the
region |
| Image Date: |
August 1, 1999 |
| Satellites/Sensors: |
Landsat 7 ETM
RGB = bands 4, 3, 2 |
| Resolution: |
156 m pixels |
| Image Area: |
3381 x 0.030 = 101.5
km
4082 x 0.030 = 122.5 km |
| Image Features: |
Burn scar, forest fire,
slope, spatial resolution, interpretation, sediment,
mountain, trees, bushes, grass, soil, landslide,
vegetation, forest fire, aspect, reflection, bare ground,
pavement, street grid, street pattern, downtown,
neighbourhoods, resolution, tank farm, airphoto,
vegetation, airport, gravel pit, mine, airstrip, lakes,
overburden, glaciation, golf course, fairways, shape,
colour, texture, tone, utility lines, bridges, river,
city, fields, man-made features, swamp, shorelines, bare
rock, river valley, burnt forest, creek, road, islands,
airphoto, exposed bedrock, sediment plume, lake,
flyover. |
| Related Tour Images: |
The Liard River Valley, Yukon;
Norman Wells, NWT; Trepassey, Newfoundland; Whiteshell Provincial Park,
Manitoba. |
| Related Glossary
Terms: |
These terms from the CCRS Glossary may help you to
understand this image and its interpretation:
additive
colour, brightness,
false
colour, image
texture, multispectral
scanner, tone
|
| Related Tutorial
Sections: |
These sections of the "Fundamentals of Remote Sensing"
tutorial
by CCRS will help you to better understand this image
and its interpretation:
1.5 1.7
2.8 2.12
4.2 4.5
5.3 5.7
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| Image Credits: |
Satellite image reception,
enhancement and interpretation by the Canada Centre for
Remote Sensing
Airphotos and topographic maps are copyrighted by, and
provided courtesy of the Centre for Topographic
Information, Natural Resources Canada
Image pre-processing by RADARSAT International Inc. |
|
Lake Laberge was made
famous by Robert Service in a poetic way, but we can show you the
poetry of science, as colours, shapes, tones, and textures lead us
in observing and interpreting the natural and man-made features of
the Earth's surface.
