Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
The American Heartland is on display in this true-color image acquired by MODIS on September 11, 2001. At the top of the image is Lake Michigan which borders, clockwise from top-right, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Also visible, starting at the top-left of the image and moving south, is the Mississippi River which serves as a border for many states on its way to opening into the Gulf of Mexico.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2001-09-11
