December 9, 2021 - Clear Skies over Southeast Asia
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Clear skies permitted a gorgeous overhead view of Southeast Asia on
December 7, 2021. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image as
it passed over the region on that same day.
Clouds cover the coastline of Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. At the
top edge of the image, just a small bit of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam,
can be seen under a light swath of haze. Moving westward from the Gulf
of Tonkin, the countries seen are Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar
(Burma). In the south, the muddy Mekong River winds through the center
of Cambodia and across southern Vietnam.
West of the Mekong River, a swirl of sediment or algae floats on the
water of Tonle Sap, Cambodia. Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake
in Southeast Asia. Moving further west is the Gulf of Thailand, then
the narrow strip of land known as the Malay Peninsula separates the
Gulf of Thailand from the Andaman Sea. Heavy sediment stains the Gulf
of Martaban, which is the northernmost section of the Andaman Sea. The
sediment pours into the Gulf of Martaban from the Salween River, which
travels the length of eastern Myanmar.
Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 12/7/2021
Resolutions: 1km (1.6 MB), 500m (4.7 MB), 250m (3.3 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-12-09
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