Severnaya Zemlya (North Land), Russia

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Permanent glaciers cover much of these islands, part of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya, or North Land. In this true-color MODIS image, the glaciers appear as bright white circular objects against the bare brown land surface.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-07-06