Ural Mountains and Mouth of the Ob River (Obskaya Guba), Northern Russia

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

This true-color MODIS image of northwestern Russia shows the Obskaya Guba, or the mouth of the Ob River, which runs north from the bottom right corner of the image. In the upper left of the image, the frozen waters of the Kara Sea are visible beneath cloud cover.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-07-17