Andes Snowpack Hangs On

Winter snow lingering into the summer is a welcome sight in drought-stricken Chile.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Snow coverage data from MODIS, processed by the Observatorio de Nieve en los Andes de Argentina y Chile, IANIGLA-CONICET and (CR)². Basin boundary data from Camels-CL Explorer. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published January 12, 2024
Data acquired December 18, 2021 - December 18, 2023

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

NOAA-20 > VIIRS

Terra > MODIS