The 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World  Cup began on June 12, 2014, and has been taking place at numerous venues across Brazil. The final match is on Sunday, July 13, at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

This Landsat 7 image was acquired on June 26, 2014. The main image  shows the spectacular setting of the city of Rio, with its high mountains, islands, and famous long beaches that follow the coastline. The smaller image shows the location of the stadium (white circle) where the 2014 World Cup final match will take place. 

These “pan-sharpened” images use Landsat’s panchromatic band (15-m resolution) in combination with the 3-band multispectral information (30-meter resolution). This technique is often used by scientists and  analysts when it is necessary to show more details within the Landsat image than would be visible using the multispectral information alone.