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   November 22, 2022 - Clear Skies over Qatar   
      
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      Sunny skies and fair weather allowed the Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite to capture a   
      gorgeous true-color image of Qatar on November 21, 2022.   
      
      Located in the Middle East and sharing a land border only with Saudi   
      Arabia, Qatar measures slightly smaller in size than the U.S. state of   
      Connecticut. Although nearly surrounded by the Persian Gulf, the CIA   
      World Factbook describes the country’s landscape as “mostly flat and   
      barren desert”. Only about 1 percent of the land is arable, with   
      roughly 0.2 percent of land in permanent crops. The green dots   
      scattered across the backdrop of tan sand, as seen in this image,   
      primarily mark irrigated farmlands and some developed housing areas.   
      
      Despite the lack of natural greenery across most of the country, Qatar   
      sits over large reserves of oil and natural gas reserves and is   
      strategically located in the central Persian Gulf. It has become one of   
      the richest countries in the world, on a per capita basis. Most of the   
      people live in the capital city, Doha, which is located on the round   
      bay on the southeastern coastline. The name of the city is said to   
      derive from the Arabic term “dohat”, which means “roundness” and   
   refers   
      to the coastal bays.   
      
      In 2010, Qatar was awarded the honor of hosting the 2022 FIFA World   
      Cup, the largest single-sport competition in the world. Thirty-two   
      men’s national football (soccer) teams compete for the championship   
      over the course of 64 matches, all held in and around the city of Doha.   
      It is expected that more than one million people will watch the matches   
      in person from November 20 to December 18. FIFA anticipates that the   
      competition will reach a global in-home television audience of over 3   
      billion people over that period, with more than a billion fans tuning   
      in for the final match.   
      
      Preparations for the World Cup have been underway since 2010, and the   
      changes can be seen from space. On November 19, 2022, NASA's Earth   
      Observatory published an Image of the Day that showed some of those   
      changes. To view "Stadium City Qatar", simply click  here.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 11/21/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (157 KB),  500m (403.6 KB),  250m (258 KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-11-22   
       
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