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Nhulunbuy - Northern Territory, Australia

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Location of Nhulunbuy,
Northern Territory
© Geoscience Australia

The town of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory is located on the Gove Peninsula. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2009), and an older (1987) 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

• Nhulunbuy false colour before and after
• 1987 Nhulunbuy true colour
• 2009 Nhulunbuy true colour
• 1987 Nhulunbuy false colour
• 2009 Nhulunbuy false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of cyan and purple, dry vegetation and soil as magenta to red, and wet vegetation or grassland as shades of green. Water bodies appear blue to black. While the township itself has grown relatively slightly over the last two decades, the bauxite mine to the west of the residential area has expanded significantly. Gunyangara settlement on Drimmie Peninsula also has noticeable infrastructure increase. This false colour image also highlights the difference in fire intervals between years to the nearby scrubland, with more recently burn vegetation appearing vivid red.

	1987 Nhulunbuy 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 22 August 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 231KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Nhulunbuy 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 1 July 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 221KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Nhulunbuy false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 22 August 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of cyan and purple, dry vegetation and soil as magenta to red, and wet vegetation or grassland as shades of green. Water bodies appear blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 190KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Nhulunbuy false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 1 July 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 183KB] © Geoscience Australia

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