The precipitation that brought snow fall to the Drakensberg Mountains in the country of Lesotho in southern Africa creates a stark white contast with the country's brown, mountainous terrain. Lesotho is a small, roughly circular, landlocked country nestled between Free State Province and Eastern Cape Province of Republic of South Africa. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was acquired July 2, 2002.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA-GSFC

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Terra - MODIS