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Tibetan Plateau, China

On May 24, 2002, MODIS captured this image of the sparsely vegetated, lake-dotted Tibetan Plateau (top). To the south, the snow-covered peaks of the Himalaya Ranges ring the Plateau. To the far south (lower right), India's Brahmaputra River glints in the sun.


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

Published May 28, 2002
Data acquired May 24 - 24, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Visible Earth