Tibet

These images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) show the high, arid, Tibetan Plateau in Asia. Tibet lies north of the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal. The Plateau is dotted with a mixture of fresh and salt water lakes. For example, the two lakes in the left-center portion of the image near the Nepal-China border are fresh water, while the large lakes in the cluster to the northeast are salt water.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published January 1, 2003
Data acquired December 14 - 14, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response