Valerie Thomas
![[[NASA]] photograph of Thomas next to a stack of early [[Landsat program|Landsat]] Computer Compatible Tapes, 1979<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/dr-valerie-l-thomas-the-face-behind-landsat-images|title=Dr. Valerie L. Thomas: The Face Behind Landsat Images|first=Yvette|last=Smith|date=January 28, 2020|website=[[NASA]]}}</ref>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Valerie_L._Thomas_standing_with_a_stack_of_early_Landsat_Computer_Compatible_Tapes.jpg/150px-Valerie_L._Thomas_standing_with_a_stack_of_early_Landsat_Computer_Compatible_Tapes.jpg)
Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.
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