Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
On May 24, 2002, MODIS captured this image of the sparsely vegetated, lake-dotted Tibetan Plateau (top). To the south, the snow-covered peaks of the Himalaya Ranges ring the Plateau. To the far south (lower right), India's Brahmaputra River glints in the sun.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2002-05-28
