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   February 1, 2023 - The Meta River   
      
      Columbia/Venezuela   
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      On January 31, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      northern South America.   
      
      The tan-tinted river meandering from west to east across the top of the   
      image is the Meta River. With its origins in the high Andes of   
      Colombia, the Meta winds east-northeastward across the plains of   
      northern South America for about 650 miles (1,046 km). It forms the   
      boundary between Colombia (south) and Venezuela (north) for a short   
      distance before the Meta empties into the Orinoco River between Puerto   
      Carreño, Colombia and Puerto Páez, Venezuela.   
      
      The meeting of the Meta and Orinoco Rivers can be seen in the upper   
      right corner of the image, where the tan waters of the Meta seem to   
      abruptly end, and the much smaller Orinoco can be seen flowing from the   
      southwest to the north. In this location, the Meta flows through   
      tropical grasslands of Colombia, which appear light green and tan. The   
      Orinoco River skirts the heavily forested Paraguaza Range of the   
      western Guiana Highlands in Venezuela.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 1/31/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (162.2 KB),  500m (481.1 KB),  250m (1.4 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=2023-02-01   
       
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