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   February 10, 2023 - Clear Skies over Europe   
      
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      Since the first morning of 2023, satellite images of Europe have shown   
      a pretty standard scene – a layer of cloud hovering over most of the   
      region. In fact, Europe spends a lot of days under cloud cover,   
      particularly in winter, when the jet stream often steers storm system   
      directly toward western Europe.   
      
      On February 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      western Europe showing sunny skies sullied only by the smallest bit of   
      cloud. This was only the second day since January 1 that Aqua MODIS saw   
      the landscape of this region. February 7 was the first clear day of the   
      year, and by February 9, widespread cloud had returned.   
      
      This image spans more than 1,100 clear-sky miles (1,800 km), from the   
      Bay of Biscay (southwest) to the Baltic Sea. Snow sits atop almost all   
      of the highest elevations, including France’s Central Massif, the wide   
      arc of the Alps (located in the southeast), to Germany’s Harz   
      Mountains. Snow is scarce, however, in the lowlands even in Denmark and   
      Sweden, located in the far northeast of the image.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 2/8/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (2.5 MB),  500m (6.2 MB),  250m ( B)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-02-10   
       
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