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Flooding along the Illinois River

Acquired November 4, 2009 (top), and October 24, 2009 (bottom), these images show the effects of heavy rains along the Illinois River. Vegetation appears bright green, water appears navy, and clouds appear pale blue-green in these false-color images.


NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott, NASA Earth Observatory.

Published November 6, 2009
Data acquired November 4, 2009

Source:
Terra > MODIS