Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
This true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shows the mosaic of farmlands and urban areas that dominate the landscapes of the north-central United States.
At left in the image are (top to bottom) North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado (lower left corner), and Kansas. The column of states to the east includes (top to bottom) Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri. In the center are Wisconsin (top) and Illinois (bottom). At right center edge is Michigan, including the state’s Upper Peninsula. Southwest of Michigan in Indiana, southeast is Ohio. To their south is the western portion of Kentucky.
At the top of the image, Lake Superior appears deep, calm blue, while to the south, colorful swirls are visible in the waters of Lake Michigan. The city of Chicago is a grayish area of pixels on the southwest tip of the lake.
Prominent natural features include the great Missouri River, running southward through the Dakotas, and the Black Hills region on the western border of South Dakota.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2002-10-01
