Brilliant orange leaves paint the mountains of northern Pennsylvania in this natural-color image acquired on October 13, 2010.
Image of the Day Land Unique Imagery
In October, the state transitions form north to south with vibrant displays of peak autumn foliage.
Image of the Day Land
In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Unique Imagery
Clouds obscured Kizimen Volcano’s plume in this true-color satellite image, but in false-color the plume shows up clearly.
Volcanoes
A process that occurs on a micro scale in trees shows up on a macro scale in satellite imagery.
Image of the Day Land Life
Fall was beginning to color the East Coast of the United States when MODIS captured this image on October 12, 2008.
Fall colors swept across the Mid-Atlantic during October 2012.
Land Unique Imagery
Peak autumn colors have arrived in some parts of the eastern United States and Canada.
Cooler temperatures and shorter days have transformed Pennsylvania’s forests.
Water Color
In a span of just 11 days, fall colors swept over the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia.