• MODIS Pic of the Day 21 December 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Wed Dec 21 11:00:42 2022
    December 21, 2022 - Clouds against the Mountains of Taiwan

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    Taiwan has been called an “uptilted chunk of land tossed into the
    Pacific athwart the Tropic of Cancer and between the East China and
    South China Seas”. It is also famous for its widespread and frequent
    “sea of clouds”, where mountain peaks poke above a flat-topped, yet
    continually flowing, mass of white which spreads as far as the eye can
    see.

    On December 20, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
    (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image a
    large bank of cloud covering the eastern half of Taiwan, and butting up
    against the tall peaks of the Central Mountain Range (Chung Yang
    Range). The eastern half of the country is rugged and often
    cloud-covered, with mountains reaching almost to the ocean in several
    locations. More than 200 peaks in this range rise greater than 3,000
    meters (9,843 feet).

    Surrounded by several ocean currents and high humidity, clouds are the
    norm on the eastern side of Taiwan. They are especially common in the
    early morning when temperatures begin to decrease in the autumn, and
    the sight is popular with tourists. Cloud-watching on the mountains is
    encourage. In October, local news media reported “Sea of clouds season
    coming to Taiwan’s Alishan” and that the Forestry Bureau invites the
    public to “enjoy magnificent sunrises, sunsets”. Alishan National
    Scenic Area sits in the mountains in south-central Taiwan and one of
    the popular viewing areas to enjoy the cloudy spectacle from land.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 12/20/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (148.6 KB), 500m (407.4 KB), 250m (293.1
    KB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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