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Port Hedland - Western Australia, Australia

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Location of Port Hedland,
Western Australia
© Geoscience Australia

The town of Port Hedland is located in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia, approximately 1630km north of Perth. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2010), 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

• Port Hedland false colour before and after
• 1987 Port Hedland true colour
• 2010 Port Hedlandtrue colour
• 1987 Port Hedland false colour
• 2010 Port Hedland false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Sparse vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Port Hedland’s development over the last two decades is largely due to the growing mining industry. New residential housing can be seen in South Hedland, Wedgefield, and Port Hedland itself. New mining and industrial construction can be observed near Boodarie and Finucane, as well as an expansion of the solar salt farms to the west of town. Also notice the upgrade to the rail system that ships the iron ore from inland mines to the port.

	1987 Port Hedland 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 9 December 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 408KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Port Hedland 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 24 December 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 384KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Port Hedland false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 9 December 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Sparse vegetation soil appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 345KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Port Hedland false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 24 December 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 375KB] © Geoscience Australia

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