Lake Erie, North America
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on . InIn the below Envisat image (acquired on 6 March 2010) North America’s three lakes are pictured. Snow cover is evident across the land, and we can see ice build-up along some of the lakes’ edges. Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America…(Read More)
Snowfall returned to the mountain ranges of western and central Colorado on September 18—the first significant accumulation of the 2002-03 snow season. Most of Colorado experienced drought conditions throughout the summer, so this precipitation was badly needed. In this true-color scene, acquired on Sept. 20 by the Terra MODIS sensor, the bright…(Read More)
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles (100 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world’s largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and south of the…(Read More)
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, measures snow cover over the entire globe every day, cloud cover permitting. At spatial resolutions of up to 500 meters per pixel, MODIS allows scientists to distinguish between snow and clouds, both of which appear bright white when seen from above…(Read More)
The Bering Sea (Russian, Beringovo More) is an enclosed sea adjacent to northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean at the surface. Therefore it called marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait which separates two continents by 85 kilometers. It is located to the south of the…(Read More)
Las Vegas at Night
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on . InThe Las Vegas metropolitan area is located near the southern tip of Nevada, within the Mohave Desert. Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) observe and photograph numerous metropolitan areas when they are illuminated by sunlight, but the extent and pattern of these areas is perhaps best revealed at night by city lights. The surrounding…(Read More)