Alaska

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Spring is arriving in Alaska in late May. In this MODIS image from May 21, 2002, the Brooks Range in the north and the Alaska Range to the south are still snow covered, but central Alaska seems to be thawing out. Southeast of center, Cook Inlet is clouded with sediment.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2002-05-28