Recommend this imageThis true-color image was taken by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) aboard the Landsat 7 satellite on September 12, 2001, at roughly 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Visit the NASA home page for photos from the space station and MODIS, and GlobalSecurity.org for images from other satellites.
Image courtesy USGS Landsat 7 team, at the EROS Data Center.