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Data acquired September 5 - 5, 2002 1400 x 1050 331 KB - JPEG
Data acquired September 5 - 5, 2002 2800 x 2100 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
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Eastern Russia is verdant in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from September 5, 2002. The Amur River traces a muddy squiggle from south to north, and is filling the narrow channel between mainland Russia and Sakhalin Island (far right) with sediment. At left is China.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published October 1, 2002 Data acquired September 5 - 5, 2002