Uruguay

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this nearly cloud-free scene of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil on October 14, 2004. The Uruguay River flows down the center of the image from the north, forming Uruguay’s western border with Argentina. As the river turns east to empty into the Atlantic Ocean, it meets the Parana River and becomes the Rio de la Plata, the muddy bay seen in the lower left corner of the image. In the north, Uruguay’s border with Brazil is defined by the Quarai River. Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, forms a small grey spot on the northern shores of the Rio de la Plata. The larger city seen on the south side of the Rio de la Plata is Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires. A few scattered fires were burning in Argentina on October 14. These have been marked with red boxes.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2004-10-20