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Landsat 9 captures a mosaic of farms around Taiwan’s longest river
A Landsat 9 satellite captured a patchwork of small farms in western Taiwan.
The image shows tens of thousands of tightly packed farms in Yunlin County, on the Chianan Plain.
The farms surround the Zhuoshui River, Taiwan’s longest waterway.
The satellite took the image on April 24, 2026.
Its varied colors give the landscape a mosaic-like appearance from space.
The image provides a view of how farmland is arranged around the river in this part of Taiwan.
Landsat 9 captured an image of tightly packed farms around the Zhuoshui River in western Taiwan.
The river is Taiwan’s longest waterway.
The image shows tens of thousands of small farms forming a multicolored mosaic.
The photograph was taken on April 24, 2026.
The location is Yunlin County on the Chianan Plain.
- Who
- Landsat 9 captured the image.
- What
- The image shows a mosaic of tightly packed farms around the Zhuoshui River.
- When
- April 24, 2026.
- Where
- Yunlin County on the Chianan Plain in western Taiwan.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Satellite
- Landsat 9
- Image date
- April 24, 2026
- Location
- Yunlin County, western Taiwan
- River
- Zhuoshui River, Taiwan’s longest waterway
- Farms
- Tens of thousands of small farms
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