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The Timeless Moors of Yorkshire

Rolling hills of peaty soil store thousands of years of plant matter in northeastern England.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The Timeless Moors of Yorkshire.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo of blooming heather by Dave Morton, Flickr. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published June 24, 2024
Data acquired December 26, 2023