• MODIS Pic of the Day 22 November 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Tue Nov 22 11:00:36 2022
    November 22, 2022 - Clear Skies over Qatar

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    Sunny skies and fair weather allowed the Moderate Resolution Imaging
    Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite to capture a
    gorgeous true-color image of Qatar on November 21, 2022.

    Located in the Middle East and sharing a land border only with Saudi
    Arabia, Qatar measures slightly smaller in size than the U.S. state of
    Connecticut. Although nearly surrounded by the Persian Gulf, the CIA
    World Factbook describes the country’s landscape as “mostly flat and
    barren desert”. Only about 1 percent of the land is arable, with
    roughly 0.2 percent of land in permanent crops. The green dots
    scattered across the backdrop of tan sand, as seen in this image,
    primarily mark irrigated farmlands and some developed housing areas.

    Despite the lack of natural greenery across most of the country, Qatar
    sits over large reserves of oil and natural gas reserves and is
    strategically located in the central Persian Gulf. It has become one of
    the richest countries in the world, on a per capita basis. Most of the
    people live in the capital city, Doha, which is located on the round
    bay on the southeastern coastline. The name of the city is said to
    derive from the Arabic term “dohat”, which means “roundness” and refers
    to the coastal bays.

    In 2010, Qatar was awarded the honor of hosting the 2022 FIFA World
    Cup, the largest single-sport competition in the world. Thirty-two
    men’s national football (soccer) teams compete for the championship
    over the course of 64 matches, all held in and around the city of Doha.
    It is expected that more than one million people will watch the matches
    in person from November 20 to December 18. FIFA anticipates that the
    competition will reach a global in-home television audience of over 3
    billion people over that period, with more than a billion fans tuning
    in for the final match.

    Preparations for the World Cup have been underway since 2010, and the
    changes can be seen from space. On November 19, 2022, NASA's Earth
    Observatory published an Image of the Day that showed some of those
    changes. To view "Stadium City Qatar", simply click here.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 11/21/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (157 KB), 500m (403.6 KB), 250m (258 KB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



    https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-11-22

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