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   September 6, 2022 - Nile River   
      
      Nile River   
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      The Nile River courses through some of the driest regions on Earth,   
      with the life-giving water creating fertile valley through the shifting   
      sand. Rising in Burundi, the Nile flows approximately 4,160 miles   
      (6,670 km) to reach the Mediterranean Sea at the expansive Nile River   
      Delta. Nearly one-fourth (22 percent) of the Nile runs through Egypt.   
      
      On August 31, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a gorgeous false-color   
      image of the rich fertility of the Nile River and its Delta. This type   
      of image combines shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red light   
      (MODIS bands 7,2,1) to create an image that highlights water from land.   
      Water appears blue, with deep water appearing darker, vegetated areas   
      look bright green, and bare ground are tinted in a variety of tans and   
      browns.   
      
      At the lower (southern) edge of the image is Lake Nassar, the large   
      impoundment created by the Aswan High Dam, which opened in 1970. To the   
      west of Lake Nassar are the Toshka Lakes which sit in the sands of the   
      Sahara Desert. The Red Sea sits in the east and the Mediterranean Sea   
      stretches across the north (top) of the image. A thin blue line,   
      marking the Nile River, is almost hidden in the bright green vegetative   
      growth spanning the river. As it approaches the Mediterranean, the Nile   
      River expands to form the lush, green “V” of the Nile River Delta.   
      Light patches of green tint the desert in various locations, especially   
      near the Mediterranean Coast—evidence of life-giving moistness in those   
      areas.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 8/31/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (188.2 KB),  500m (654.5 KB),  250m (2.1 MB)   
      Bands Used: 7,2,1   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-09-06   
       
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