Miami from space: 1988 to 2026

Brickell's towers and the Everglades edge. Drag the handle to compare 1988 (Landsat) with 2026 (Sentinel-2).

Miami in 1988, satellite view Miami in 2026, satellite view 19882026

Explore Miami in the satellite tool → Every year since 1988, radar, temperature, change maps and more.

Land cover around the centre

1988-03-15

  • Dense vegetation12%
  • Healthy vegetation34%
  • Sparse vegetation20%
  • Bare ground3%
  • Water / built-up31%

2026-11-10

  • Dense vegetation17%
  • Healthy vegetation23%
  • Sparse vegetation13%
  • Bare ground7%
  • Water / built-up40%

Plant-health classes (NDVI) over roughly 10 km around the centre, clouds removed. Landsat and Sentinel-2 differ slightly in resolution; read the shares as a trend, not a survey.

How to read it

The left image is a Landsat scene from 1988-03-15, 30 metres per pixel. The right is a Sentinel-2 scene from 2026-11-10, 10 metres per pixel. Both are true colour: what a person would see from orbit. Sand is pale, water dark, vegetation green, cities grey.

In the satellite tool you can step through every year in between, switch to plant health, water, burn or surface temperature, draw an area to measure what changed, and watch the place for new passes.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 · Landsat courtesy USGS · via Microsoft Planetary Computer.