NASA Open APIs

NASA Earth Imagery API

Unlock the significant public investment in earth observation data. Returns Landsat 8 imagery for a given latitude/longitude and date plus assets/metadata. Useful for deforestation monitoring, natural disaster damage assessment, and other Earth surface change detection.

NASA Earth Imagery API is one of 17 APIs that NASA Open APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Earth, Imagery, Landsat, Remote Sensing, and NASA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and 1 Naftiko capability spec.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.nasa.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/earth-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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NaftikoCapability
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/capabilities/earth.yaml

OpenAPI Specification

earth-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: NASA Earth Imagery API
  description: |
    Unlock the significant public investment in earth observation data. Returns Landsat 8 imagery for a
    given latitude/longitude/date and asset metadata. Useful for deforestation monitoring, natural
    disaster damage assessment, and other Earth surface change detection.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: NASA Open APIs
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
servers:
- url: https://api.nasa.gov
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /planetary/earth/imagery:
    get:
      summary: Get Earth Imagery
      operationId: getEarthImagery
      tags:
      - Earth
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: dim
        in: query
        description: Width and height of image in degrees (default 0.025).
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: Date of image (YYYY-MM-DD). Returns image closest to this date.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DEMO_KEY
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PNG image of Earth at the requested coordinate/date.
          content:
            image/png:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
  /planetary/earth/assets:
    get:
      summary: Get Earth Imagery Asset Metadata
      operationId: getEarthAssets
      tags:
      - Earth
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: dim
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
          format: float
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: DEMO_KEY
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Asset metadata for the requested coordinate.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  date:
                    type: string
                  id:
                    type: string
                  resource:
                    type: object
                  service_version:
                    type: string
                  url:
                    type: string
                    format: uri
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key