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September 22, 2018 - Iceland
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On September 7, 2018, NASA’s Terra satellite flew over Iceland just as a large bank of clouds were parting, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board to acquire a true-color image of the northwest coastline and the Greenland Sea.
As summer nears its end, most of the land is wearing a coat of green vegetation. Even the tops of the mountains seem to be covered more with cloud than snow. Offshore, swirls of jewel tones swirl in the Greenland Sea and two plumes of bright, light tan can be seen at the outlet of two rivers into the sea. The plumes are sediment being carried by rivers into the sea while the swirling colors are created by tiny one-celled organisms (phytoplankton) which are blooming in the warm, nutrient-rich waters off the Iceland shore.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 9/7/2018
Resolutions:
1km (251.3 KB), 500m (722.2 KB), 250m (615.7 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
On September 7, 2018, NASA’s Terra satellite flew over Iceland just as a large bank of clouds were parting, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board to acquire a true-color image of the northwest coastline and the Greenland Sea.
As summer nears its end, most of the land is wearing a coat of green vegetation. Even the tops of the mountains seem to be covered more with cloud than snow. Offshore, swirls of jewel tones swirl in the Greenland Sea and two plumes of bright, light tan can be seen at the outlet of two rivers into the sea. The plumes are sediment being carried by rivers into the sea while the swirling colors are created by tiny one-celled organisms (phytoplankton) which are blooming in the warm, nutrient-rich waters off the Iceland shore.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 9/7/2018
Resolutions:
1km (251.3 KB), 500m (722.2 KB), 250m (615.7 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
