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NASA's climate-monitoring Terra satellite snapped this true-color photograph of the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, just a day after a massive snowstorm blanketed the area. (The state borders, of course, are superimposed.) Terra's MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument captured this image; with the help of another MODIS instrument on a partner satellite, Aqua, NASA is able to fully cover the Earth every one to two days. In February, Aqua's MODIS team released a space-borne look at the bushfires then burning in southeastern Australia.
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5 Comments
Add CommentI don't see any superimposed state borders. And when I click on 'Enlarge' the new picture is no larger than the old one.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisYou'll see the border of Pennsylvania if you take a gander around Lake Erie, mate. Best seen in the snowy areas.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisI can't understand the image...
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThe white stuff is snow, Aiyan, and it's over both the land and the sea. If you look at a map of, say, NJ and surrounding areas, it might make more sense; then superimpose the snow on top of the region. Pretty neat to get a view like this from space.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIt is all clear to me ( my eyes are still only 15 old). But what is that white thing with blue patches?
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