In this monthly feature, we span the globe to examine Our Changing Landscape with a time series of medium-resolution PlanetScope satellite imagery. The PlanetScope constellation dates back to 2016 and collects hundreds of millions of square kilometers of four and eight-band 3-meter imagery daily! In May, we checked out Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, which is considered to be the world’s largest human gathering. For the June edition of this series, we are looking at the 2024 edition of the Bonnaroo Festival, which ran June 13th to the 16th with artists performing on more than 10 stages.
Click on the image above to see an animation of 3-meter natural color PlanetScope image collected over the area where Bonnaroo is put on yearly on May 28, June 10 and June 15, 2024. In this animation, you can see the initial state of the Bonnaroo festival area as well as the campgrounds in the May 28th image. By June 10th, just a few days before the festival starts, you can see a build-up of the infrastructure that supports the event. And then in the June 15th image you can see a packed house both by the stages and in the campgrounds, wow! (Images Courtesy: © Planet 2025)
The PlanetScope Microsat Constellation
PlanetScope is a constellation of more than 240 microsats referred to individually as Doves. Each Dove is able to collect up to 20,000 square kilometers (sq km) per day of 3-meter (m) 4-band multispectral (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared [NIR]) imagery; and newly launched SuperDoves collect 8-band multispectral adding in valuable red-edge spectral data. Across the constellation, PlanetScope is archiving more than 200 million sq km of medium-resolution imagery a day, making it the go to source for daily imagery over most locations. This massive archive dates back to 2016, offering the most complete and continuous record of spatial data on the planet since the start of the constellation’s ongoing launch schedule. Collecting 3-meter multispectral imagery is the equivalent of ‘high-resolution’ multispectral data imaged by a 75-centimer (cm) satellite (as this satellite would feature 75-cm panchromatic and 3-m multispectral), making PlanetScope an extremely competitively priced option at just $2.25 per sq km. With well registered images and nearly daily collections of most locations, PlanetScope is the ideal imagery source for this current-events focused series, Our Changing Landscape.
2024 Bonnaroo Festival
The 2024 Bonnaroo Festival spanned four days on a site southwest of Nashville, Tennessee. The bands performed from sunrise to long past sunset with the 2024 artists on the docket including Megan Tee Stallion, Post Malone, Pretty Lights, Eggy and Geese, The Heavy Heavy, Interpol, Thundercat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Cage the Elephant.
Around 70,000 people attended the 2024 festival, with an array of musical styles represented, including indie rock, classic rock, world music, hip hop, jazz, Americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, pop, electronic, and other alternative music.
R&B singer D’Angelo marked his return to American stages for the first time in over 12 years, with a surprise performance at the festival’s annual Superjam. He was backed by members of the R&B collective the Soulquarians, most notably Questlove, James Poyser and Pino Palladino, with guest guitarist Jesse Johnson. The set was composed almost entirely of covers. In 2009, the Beastie Boys played their final ever show at Bonnaroo.
Other past Bonnaroo performers have included Widespread Panic (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011), Phish (2009, 2012, 2019), The Dead (2003, 2004), Dead & Company (2016), U2 (2017), Pearl Jam (2008, 2016), Billy Joel (2015), Mumford & Sons (2011, 2015), Elton John (2014), Eminem (2011, 2018), Jack White (2010, 2014), Lionel Richie (2014), the Flaming Lips (2003, 2007, 2010, 2014), Paul McCartney (2013), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2006, 2013), Wu-Tang Clan (2013), Red Hot Chili Peppers (2012, 2017, 2024), Radiohead (2006, 2012), Neil Young (2003, 2011), Dave Matthews Band (2005, 2010), Stevie Wonder (2010), Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (2009), Nine Inch Nails (2009), Metallica (2008), the Police (2007), Tool (2007, 2022), and Bob Dylan (2004).
Bonnaroo also offers a variety of activities throughout the weekend including parades, dance shows, yoga, sustainability lessons, a 5K run, a marriage barn, a water slide, vendor markets, and more.
The 2025 event will run June 12th to the 15th at the same site.
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