South Korea Receives Record Snowfall

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Snow in South Korea

Snowfall blankets areas of South Korea and strands travelers.

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Heavy Snow on the Korean Peninsula

Acquired February 15, 2011, this natural-color image shows snowfall along the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

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Heavy Snow in Eastern China

Acquired January 4, 2010, this true-color image shows snow coating the area around Bo Hai. Beijing and Tianjin leave big gray splotches on the snowy blanket, and smaller cities appear as small gray dots.

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Snow in Northeastern China

Acquired October 23, 2012, this image shows a broad band of fresh snow across northeastern China.

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The Koreas at Night

Night lights illustrate dramatically the relative economic activity of cities and countries.

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Another Blizzard Piles Up the Snow in New England

The snowpack near Boston is greater than in all but two reported locations in Alaska.

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Heavy Snow in China

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Seoul, South Korea

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Korea and the Yellow Sea

While city lights at night serve as a good proxy for population density, North Korea provides a dark exception.

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Gulf Coast Snow

A swath of snow stretches from Mississippi, across Alabama, and into Georgia in this photo-like satellite image from February 13, 2010.

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Snow in East China

A winter storm covered most of eastern China with snow on January 6, 2006.

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