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Snow and Clouds around the Alps

Satellite sensors help distinguish snow and ice from clouds and fog.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Snow and Clouds around the Alps.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and IMERG data from the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) at NASA/GSFC. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published February 1, 2018
Data acquired January 29, 2018

Sources:: GPM; Terra > MODIS

Collection:: MODIS Rapid Response