Sea of Azov

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

On December 10, 2002, winter seemed to have already arrived in southern Ukraine (left) and Russia (right). The landscape is a dull brown, and dotted with small frozen lakes. The Dnieper River flowing into the Sea of Azov from upper left is beginning to freeze in sections, and the Sea itself is developing a covering of ice. The Sea has a gray-green cast, while the Black Sea to the south appears dark, clear blue.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2002-12-29