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Snow across U.S. Midwest

January 10, 2010

Snow cover stretched from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite took this picture on January 10, 2010. Snow cover thins toward the south, disappearing midway through Oklahoma in the west. In the east, the snow traces an arc through Virginia up toward Pennsylvania.

Snow and cold seized the U.S. Midwest in early January 2010. On January 8, the National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and warnings and predicted another week of frigid weather, according to Reuters.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.

Land Severe Storms Snow and Ice

Acquired January 10, 2010, this true-color image shows snow cover stretching from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania. Snow thins toward the southwest.

Instrument:
Aqua — MODIS
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