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Snow in the Middle East

February 20, 2017

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this view of snow in the Middle East on February 20, 2017. The white coating stretched from eastern Turkey and the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Pola Lem.

Land Severe Storms Snow and Ice

Snow stretched from eastern Turkey to the Caspian Sea.

Instrument:
Aqua — MODIS
Appears in this Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response
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