Japan

Snow remains on some of the mountains on Honshu (bottom) and Hokkaido (center), Japan, in this true-color MODIS image from April 29, 2002. At the bottom of the image, white streaks mark the passage of airplanes to and from Tokyo. To the north, Russia9s Sakhalin Island appears to be experiencing several fires (red dots). v

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 5, 2002
Data acquired April 29, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

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Visible Earth