Image gallery

April - From cane to coal, the diverse landscape west of Mackay in Central Queensland
March - Record-breaking flood fills the Paroo River
February - Oldest Queensland Landsat Image Discovered
January - Fire, Central Highlands, Queensland
December - Mapping gullies at the speed of light
November - Eyre Creek, Western Queensland

Welcome to the Remote Sensing Image Gallery. Our images of the month highlight the science behind some fascinating views of Queensland.

April - From cane to coal, the diverse landscape west of Mackay in Central Queensland

From cane to coal, the diverse landscape west of Mackay in Central Queensland.

The diversity of the landscape west of Mackay is showcased in this Landsat image. Visible as a series of small pink and green squares, sugarcane fields surround the urban areas of Mackay and Sarina. Read more.

March - Record-breaking flood fills the Paroo River

Record-breaking flood fills the Paroo River

Water spreads across the landscape in this satellite image of Queensland’s south-west, captured in March 2010. Record-breaking rains had filled river channels, lakes and clay pans across this semi-arid region, home to the internationally-significant wetlands of Currawinya National Park. Read more.

February - Oldest Queensland Landsat Image Discovered

Oldest Queensland Landsat Image Discovered

Captured on 29 July, 1972, this Landsat 1 image has the honour of being the oldest in Queensland’s satellite imagery archive. Landsat 1 had been launched only four days earlier. Read more.