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  MODIS Instrument Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

This image shows the true color of the land surface, acquired by MODIS, draped over a surface topography map clearly distinguish the low-lying Indian sub-continent from the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau to the north. Dark green areas show where there is lush vegetation. The blue area to the bottom right is the Arabian Sea.

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