Andes Snowpack Hangs On

Winter snow lingering into the summer is a welcome sight in drought-stricken Chile.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Andes Snowpack Hangs On.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Snow coverage data from MODIS, processed by the Observatorio de Nieve en los Andes de Argentina y Chile, IANIGLA-CONICET and (CR)². Basin boundary data from Camels-CL Explorer. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published January 12, 2024
Data acquired December 18, 2021 - December 18, 2023