Snow in New England

Aqua MODIS captured thistrue-color image of snow in the United States’ New England region onThanksgiving Day, November 28th, 2002. Eastern New York covers the leftedge of the image, though it is somewhat obscured by clouds. Right of NewYork are Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, all of whose skies are clearerand whose land still shows some traces of green. Below Vermont and NewHampshire is Massachusetts. The city of Boston sits at the central edgeof the Massachusetts Bay in the east. The small state to the bottom rightof Massachusetts is Rhode Island, whose capital city of Providence sits atthe innermost finger of Narragansett Bay. To the west is Connecticut,whose capital, Hartford, is mostly obscured by clouds in the upper centerof the state. Just visible at the bottom left corner is New Jersey, theGarden State. Newark, Jersey City, and Elizabeth line the border of NewJersey, while on the New York side of the border is New York City.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS RapidResponse Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 29, 2002
Data acquired November 28 - 28, 2002

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Collection:

Visible Earth