These Landsat 5 and 8 satellite images, spanning 30 years, illustrate urban growth along the Piraeus coast and in inland Attica from 1984. Athens, Greece's capital, sits on the Attic plain, surrounded by mountains on three sides and traversed by the Kifisós River in the west and the Illisós River in the east.

• Image 1: Product: Geo Tiff format, Satellite/Sensor: Landsat 5 TM, Resolution: 30 metre, Coverage: 180 x 180 km, Acqusition Date: 23 October 1984, Band Combination used to create this image: 3, 2, 1 (RGB) Visible colour
• Image 2: Product: Geo Tiff format, Satellite/Sensor: Landsat 8 OLI, Resolution: 30 metre, Coverage: 180 x 180 km, Acqusition Date: 10 October 2014, Band Combination used to create this image: 4, 3, 2 (RGB) Visible colour