A crucial aspect of image enhancement is contrast enhancement. As remote sensing photos are taken from a distance, they naturally have much lower contrast than other types of images. Although techniques for improving remote sensing images have been developed in recent years, it is still unknown how well and consistently these techniques work for contrast enhancement. In this letter, a novel unsharp mask ?ltering method that combines histogram equalization with the image’s maximum detail is suggested. This method visually enhances the image considerably more e?ectively than any other method now in use. The image is ?rst sharpened by using an unsharp mask ?lter. After that, a cutting procedure is used to prevent the over-enhancing of the image. Then, using the mean as a guide, the histogram equalization procedure is carried out, and ?nally, the unsharp mask ?lter is once more utilized to produce the visually sharpened and enhanced image.