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ee.Image.bandNames
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Returns a list containing the names of the bands of an image.
| Usage | Returns | Image.bandNames() | List |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: image | Image | The image from which to get band names. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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