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Fleeting Glimpse of Rare Snow

A short-lived storm dropped some of the largest accumulations in decades on Australia’s Northern Tablelands.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fleeting Glimpse of Rare Snow.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published August 6, 2025
Data acquired August 3, 2025

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI