Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Eastern Russia is verdant in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from September 5, 2002. The Amur River traces a muddy squiggle from south to north, and is filling the narrow channel between mainland Russia and Sakhalin Island (far right) with sediment. At left is China.