Marion Island, South Africa

Acquired on on May 5, 2009, this true-color image shows Marion Island in the Indian Ocean. Sparsely vegetated, this volcanic island has remnants of snow near its summit.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published October 18, 2009
Data acquired May 5, 2009

Source:

EO-1 > ALI

Topic:

Land Surface > Landscape > Landscape Pattern