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Katherine - Northern Territory, Australia

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Location of Katherine,
Northern Territory
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Katherine is located approximately 320km south of Darwin in the Northern Territory on the Katherine River. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2010), and an older (1988) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Katherine fasle colour before and after
• 1988 Katherine true colour
• 2010 Katherine true colour
• 1988 Katherine false colour
• 2010 Katherine false colour

In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Bare rock and soil will appear as shades of blue. Water is displayed as black. The urban development is most prominent in Katherine East, with scattered rural residential areas appearing north of town along the Stuart Highway. The Katherine Rail Passenger Terminal is also constructed south of town during this time, which services The Ghan passenger train between Adelaide and Darwin. The water level of the Katherine River is also much greater during the 2010 image, and the burnscars from bushfire to the west of the town are no longer evident.

	1988 Katherine true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 23 April 1988 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 583KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Katherine true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 20 April 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 541KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1988 Katherine false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 3 (visible red) respectively Image taken on 23 April 1988 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Bare rock and soil will appear as shades of blue. Water is displayed as black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 543KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Katherine false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 3 (visible red) respectively Image taken on 20 April 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 533KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011