Scientific imagery and data visualizations rarely match what we would see with the naked eye, which is limited by our physiology. The best visualizations—even visualizations of the invisible—work within those constraints to reveal hidden truths. I’ve create compelling imagery from a wide range of datasets, including Landsat, PlanetScope, SkySat, VIIRS, and MODIS, and helped develop automated processing for NASA and Planet.

High-resolution view of the Dotson Ice Shelf from SkySat
Ferrari World and the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.
City Lights of Asia and Australia, VIIRS Day Night Band
Faults in Xinjiang, China. Landsat 8.
Oblique view of Paris, France from SkySat.
Plateau of Chasms, November 11, 2022, Tassili N'ajjer National Park, Algeria. PlanetScope.
Oblique view of the Himalaya from PlanetScope.
Frame from an animation of erupting Sarychev Volcano composited from photographs taken from the International Space Station.
A Long Look at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez — every Landsat 4, 5, 7, and 8 image of El Paso from 1982 – 2013
Athabasca River Delta, February 11, 2022, Saskatchewan, Canada. PlanetScope.
Burrup, Australia. November 21, 2020.
Come Fly with Me — Landsat 8’s view from Russia to South Africa.
True color views can be limited. This red, green, and blue Landsat 8 image of Alaska shows green and brown boreal vegetation, silt-filled rivers, and spreading smoke from a wildfire.
The same area, shown with shortwave infrared, near infrared, and green light reveal subtleties in the vegetation, and clearly differentiates land from water. The infrared light even penetrates smoke, showing the advancing flames beneath.