• MODIS Pic of the Day 26 December 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Mon Dec 26 11:00:08 2022
    December 26, 2022 - Southeastern Australia

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    On December 19, 2022, the skies were clear over Southeastern Australia
    when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
    NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the region. The
    two states visible are Victoria, which sits in the south along the Bass
    Strait, and New South Wales, in the north. The Murray River forms the
    border between the two states and, because of recent heavy rains, can
    easily be seen meandering from west to east.

    Along the southern coast, the city of Melbourne appears as a mass of
    gray pixels wrapping around the huge Port Phillip Bay. Just east of
    Melbourne the land rises into the Yarra Ranges, a mountainous area of
    cool temperature forest between the city and the more easterly
    Victorian Alps. The Yarra Ranges National Park is home to the world’s
    tallest flowering tree, the Mountain Ash. In the lower elevations of
    the Yarra Valley, fertile red soil and a cool climate spurs grape
    cultivation and the production of wine, especially Chardonnay, Pinot
    Noir, and sparkling wine.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 12/19/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (128.4 KB), 500m (354.9 KB), 250m (775.2
    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=2022-12-26

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