Flooding in Tunisia

Rains in northern Africa have led to wet conditions in Tunisia.

After nearly four years of drought, Tunisia continues to receive rain this winter. The salt pans are full of water, and they can be seen in this false-color image acquired on March 2, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft.

During the dry season, the salt pans of Tunisia and Algeria contain little or no water. In this false-color image water is blue and black. Snow, which has also fallen in abundance in the higher altitudes, appears as a bright cyan and can be seen along the Algeria mountains and ridges. Clouds appear as pale blue and white, and land is green and tan.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-03-02

  • Event Start Date

    2003-01-27

  • NH Image ID

    5655

  • NH Event ID

    5212

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-03-11