MSGID: 1:317/3 642db749   
   PID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   April 5, 2023 - Gulf of Bothnia   
      
      Gulf of Bothnia   
       Tweet   
       Share   
      
      On April 3, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of   
      the southern section of the Gulf of Bothnia.   
      
      The cloud-free skies allow an expansive view of the dark waters bounded   
      by the snow-covered landscape of Sweden (west) and Finland (east). In   
      the south, the Aland Islands sit at the boundary of the Gulf and the   
      Baltic Sea. The Aland Islands, which belong to Finland, consist of   
      about 35 inhabited islands, more than 6,000 uninhabited islands and   
      rocky reefs. The largest island, Fasta Aland, contains about 70 percent   
      of the total land mass of the archipelago.   
      
      The northern section of the Gulf of Bothnia, also called the Bothnian   
      Bay, sits out of sight and to the north of this image. It is shallow,   
      with an average depth of about 42 meters (138 feet). The southern   
      section, called the Bothnian Sea, is deeper, dropping to a maximum   
      depth of 294 meters (965 feet). At this time of year, the northern   
      section of the Gulf remains covered with ice, while the southern   
      section (also called the Bothnian Sea) appears almost entirely ice   
      free, with the exception of a small amount of fast ice which can be   
      seen clinging to the coast of Finland at the northern reach of the   
      Bothnian Sea.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 4/3/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (393.9 KB),  500m (1.2 MB),  250m (3.6 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=2023-04-05   
       
   --- up 1 year, 5 weeks, 2 days, 20 minutes   
    * Origin: -=> Castle Rock BBS <=- Now Husky HPT Powered! (1:317/3)   
   SEEN-BY: 15/0 106/201 114/705 123/120 153/7715 226/30 227/114 229/110   
   SEEN-BY: 229/111 112 113 307 317 400 426 428 470 664 700 292/854 298/25   
   SEEN-BY: 305/3 317/3 320/219 396/45   
   PATH: 317/3 229/426