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January 24, 2017 - Mexico
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On January 22, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a true-color image of a cloud-free day in Mexico.
Sitting in southern North America, Mexico is the sixth-largest country in the Americas by total area, covering over 760,000 square miles (2 million square kilometers). The northern border is shared by the United States, specifically the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In this image, the state of Texas sits in the northeast with the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo del Norte) flowing along the border with Mexico.
Much of the land of Mexico lies at high elevation, including the central Mexican Plateau, which appears in grays and tans in this image. The Mexican Plateau is bounded on the east by the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains, and two mountain ranges bound the western border: the Sierra Madre Occidental (north) and Sierra Madre Del Sur (south). The green coastal plains border the Gulf of Mexico in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 1/22/2017
Resolutions:
1km (920.4 KB), 500m (3.3 MB), 250m (8.8 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
On January 22, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a true-color image of a cloud-free day in Mexico. Sitting in southern North America, Mexico is the sixth-largest country in the Americas by total area, covering over 760,000 square miles (2 million square kilometers). The northern border is shared by the United States, specifically the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In this image, the state of Texas sits in the northeast with the Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo del Norte) flowing along the border with Mexico.
Much of the land of Mexico lies at high elevation, including the central Mexican Plateau, which appears in grays and tans in this image. The Mexican Plateau is bounded on the east by the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains, and two mountain ranges bound the western border: the Sierra Madre Occidental (north) and Sierra Madre Del Sur (south). The green coastal plains border the Gulf of Mexico in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 1/22/2017
Resolutions:
1km (920.4 KB), 500m (3.3 MB), 250m (8.8 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
