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March 30, 2025 - Spring Snow in Adirondack Park, New York
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Light snow showers brought a dusting of spring snow to the Adirondack Park in late March 2025. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this false-color image on March 27.
In this type of image, snow appears electric blue, vegetation looks green, clouds are white or—if they cold enough to carry ice crystals—may be tinted with electric blue. Water, such as Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River (located in the west) and Lake Champlain (seen in the east) is seen as dark blue while open land looks tan.
Snow sits atop the forests of the Adirondack Park, which is located in New York State and nearly fills an oval edged by Lake Erie, the St. Lawrence River, and Lake Champlain. The ridges of Vermont’s Green Mountains (east of Lake Champlain) are also topped with snow.
The Adirondack region, also called “the Adirondacks”, covers about one-third of the total land area of New York. Although the region is also designated as Adirondack Park, it is unique because the park contains not only public forests, trails, rivers, and rivers, but also private farmlands, towns, and villages. Much of the Adirondacks is deep wilderness, reached by foot trails and no accommodations other than tents that must be back-packed in. At least 2,000 miles of foot trails course through the park, with more than half maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 3/27/2025
Resolutions:
1km (111.8 KB), 500m (311 KB), 250m (518.9 KB)
Bands Used: 7,2,1
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Light snow showers brought a dusting of spring snow to the Adirondack Park in late March 2025. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this false-color image on March 27.
In this type of image, snow appears electric blue, vegetation looks green, clouds are white or—if they cold enough to carry ice crystals—may be tinted with electric blue. Water, such as Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River (located in the west) and Lake Champlain (seen in the east) is seen as dark blue while open land looks tan. Snow sits atop the forests of the Adirondack Park, which is located in New York State and nearly fills an oval edged by Lake Erie, the St. Lawrence River, and Lake Champlain. The ridges of Vermont’s Green Mountains (east of Lake Champlain) are also topped with snow.
The Adirondack region, also called “the Adirondacks”, covers about one-third of the total land area of New York. Although the region is also designated as Adirondack Park, it is unique because the park contains not only public forests, trails, rivers, and rivers, but also private farmlands, towns, and villages. Much of the Adirondacks is deep wilderness, reached by foot trails and no accommodations other than tents that must be back-packed in. At least 2,000 miles of foot trails course through the park, with more than half maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 3/27/2025
Resolutions:
1km (111.8 KB), 500m (311 KB), 250m (518.9 KB)
Bands Used: 7,2,1
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
