Satellite Image Interpretation Page 4 of 5 This natural colour image is of The Queen Charlotte Mountains, British Columbia and was taken on October 1995 using a Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Bands 1 to 3. Analysis this image and see if you can answer the following questions.   Image courtesy of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada. 1 How can you tell that the land reaches very high elevations? 2 What do you think is the dominant land cover in this area? 3 Can you identify evidence of mass movemnt within the mountain range? 4 On what facing slopes do the majority of the snow patches occur? Why is this? 5 What sort of shoreline is present in the area? Sandy or Rocky? 6 What do the white tones around the coast line represent? ANSWERS Also, visit the following link and attempt the satellite interpretation INTERENET EXERCISES (near the bottom of the page). From this site you be required to explore other sites on the web and interpret satellite images. CLICK HERE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Page 4 of 5