The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of snow blanketing some of the northeastern United States following a blizzard on January 26-27.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.
Blizzard conditions dropped several feet of snow and brought hurricane-force wind gusts to much of the Northeastern United States. The Mid-Atlantic, however, saw much less snow than forecast.
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