Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

  • Credit

    Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series</P> <P> <IMG SRC="/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/usgs_logo.gif" WIDTH=167 HEIGHT=62 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 BORDER=0> </P>

The eastern side of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula juts into the Pacific Ocean west of Alaska. In this winter image, a volcanic terrain is hidden under snow-covered peaks and valley glaciers feed blue ice into coastal waters.

This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite on February 27, 2002.

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  • IotD Date

    2004-05-16

  • IotD ID

    16545