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Data acquired May 18 - 18, 2002 900 x 1200 247 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 18 - 18, 2002 1800 x 2400 862 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 18 - 18, 2002 3600 x 4800 2 MB - JPEG
This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from May 18, 2002, shows Italy (boot-shaped country in the center) extending out into the Adriatic Sea (east) and the Tyrrhenian Sea (west). At the southwest tip of Italy is the island of Sicily. At Italy.s northern border with Switzerland and Austria are the snow-covered Alps.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published May 24, 2002 Data acquired May 18 - 18, 2002