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Data acquired December 18, 2006 4400 x 5800 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired December 18, 2006 2668 x 2224 16 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired December 17, 2005 4400 x 5800 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired December 17, 2005 2668 x 2224 15 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired December 17, 2005 - December 18, 2006 56 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired December 17, 2005 - December 18, 2006 JPEG
Data acquired December 17, 2005 - December 18, 2006 540 x 643 JPEG
Native to the tropics of South America, the water hyacinth now thrives on every continent except Europe. It was introduced in Africa around 1879, and 110 years later, established itself on the continent’s largest lake, Lake Victoria.
MODIS images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC; photo and additional caption information courtesy Assaf Anyamba, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology Center (GEST/UMBC) and NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences.
Published February 21, 2007 Data acquired December 17, 2005 - December 18, 2006