Climbing Toward the Conclusion of the Tour de France

Two of the final stages in the 2024 cycling event traverse high mountain passes in the Western Alps.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Climbing Toward the Conclusion of the Tour de France.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from Blue Marble: Next Generation, bike route data from the Amaury Sport Organisation, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published July 18, 2024