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   November 26, 2022 - Snow Across the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains   
      
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      Fresh snow topped the Himalayas and the Kunlun Mountains in late   
      November 2022.   
      
      On November 24, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a false-color image of   
      the tall peaks between China’s Taklamakan Desert (north) and India’s   
      Indo-Gangetic Plain. The use of infrared and visible light (MODIS bands   
      7,2,1) helps separate snow, which appears bright electric blue, from   
      standing water/lakes, which appear dark blue. Also, vegetation appears   
      bright green while open land looks tan or brown.   
      
      The extremely dry and sand-filled Taklamakan Desert fills the northern   
      section of the image. Vegetation flourishes where moisture exists, both   
      around the edges of the desert and along a very few rivers that flow   
      toward the center of the Taklamakan. The topography sharply increases   
      on the southwestern and southern edge of the desert, where the Kunlun   
      Mountains rise upward more than 23,000 feet in some locations. Further   
      south, the tall Himalaya Mountains roughly parallel the Kunlun in the   
      west, but the two ranges diverge in the east, split by the Tibetan   
      Plateau. The Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called the “Roof of the   
      World” as it is the world’s highest and largest plateau, with an   
      average elevation of more than 14,000 feet. Many lakes speckle the   
      Tibetan Plateau. The southern slopes of the Himalayas are covered with   
      deep green vegetation, indicating abundant moisture. The low-lying   
      plain at the foot of the Himalayas is an extremely fertile region, as   
      can be inferred from the abundant vegetation that spreads southward to   
      the edge of the image.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 11/24/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (770.4 KB),  500m (6.5 MB),  250m (4.4 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=2022-11-26   
       
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