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Haze over the United Kingdom

A large low-pressure system off the southweast coast of the United Kingdom was entraining a lot of haze (gray pixels) from over northwestern Europe on March 23, 2003. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.


Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

Published March 26, 2003
Data acquired March 23 12:00:00, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS