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February 22, 2025 - Sri Lanka
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The island nation of Sri Lanka sits in the Indian Ocean, separated from southeastern India by the Palk Strait. The oval island measures a maximum of 268 miles (432 km) in length and 139 miles (224 km) in width and covers a surface area slightly larger than the U.S. state of West Virginia. The terrain is mostly low, flat to rolling plain but mountains rise in the south-central interior. It is impressively biodiverse, with 376 bird species recorded, according to BirdLife International. Thirty percent of these are endemic (found nowhere else) and sixteen of the bird species are listed as “globally threatened”.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/20/2025
Resolutions:
1km (160.3 KB), 500m (425.2 KB), 250m (1.1 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
The island nation of Sri Lanka sits in the Indian Ocean, separated from southeastern India by the Palk Strait. The oval island measures a maximum of 268 miles (432 km) in length and 139 miles (224 km) in width and covers a surface area slightly larger than the U.S. state of West Virginia. The terrain is mostly low, flat to rolling plain but mountains rise in the south-central interior. It is impressively biodiverse, with 376 bird species recorded, according to BirdLife International. Thirty percent of these are endemic (found nowhere else) and sixteen of the bird species are listed as “globally threatened”.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/20/2025
Resolutions:
1km (160.3 KB), 500m (425.2 KB), 250m (1.1 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
