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Data acquired April 12, 2002 540 x 612 JPEG
Data acquired April 12, 2002 1500 x 2000 271 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 12, 2002 4448 x 3556 34 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired April 12, 2002 58 KB - KML/KMZ
The heavy load of sediments carried by the Yangtze River into the East China Sea colored the waters along the Chinese coastline light brown on April 12, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor’s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.
NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Published April 21, 2002 Data acquired April 12, 2002