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Cold Snap in Southwest Asia

Biting cold seized much of southwest Asia throughout January and into February 2008. Land surface temperatures were as much as 20 degrees Celsius cooler than in previous years. The overall blue tone of the image reveals cold temperatures throughout the region, but the most intense cold was in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained from the Goddard Land Processes data archives (LAADS). Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published February 13, 2008
Data acquired January 17 - 24, 2008

Source:
Terra > MODIS