Tweet
Spring was changing the landscape of the northeastern United States, as the warming temperatures and lengthening sunlight began to melt winter’s heavy blanket of snow in mid-April, 2015. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image on April 12.
Snow remains lying on the land in southeastern Canada, as well as in the state of Maine, the most north-eastern state. Snow also clings to the higher elevations in (from east to west), New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State. The higher elevations of Massachusetts also wear white. Further south, the land is snow-free. As additional evidence of spring’s warm arrival, the ice cover on the Great Lakes has greatly diminished, and the finger lakes of New York are ice-free.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 4/12/2015
Resolutions:
1km (547.7 KB), 500m (2.1 MB), 250m (5.2 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC