South Dakota South Dakota is home to the fabled “Black Hills.” Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie, appear black. Capital Pierre Image Source Landsat 8 Population 886,667 Number of Pixels 221,919,385 JPG Download TIF Download Back to State Mosaics You May Also Like SD Satellite Puzzle First put together your state, and then try another. Notice the types of land features captured by Landsat as you fit the pieces together. South Dakota and Landsat Landsat data are used every day to help us better understand our dynamic planet. Read about how Landsat benefits South Dakota in this USGS Fact Sheet. Black Hills Perfect Laboratory for Multi-Sensor Fire Science Research After the Legion Lake Fire at Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills erupted in December 2017— burning across private, state, and federal landscapes all at once—scientists at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center discovered an important opportunity among the ashes.