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   June 20, 2023 - Clear Skies over South America   
      
       Clear Skies   
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      On June 19, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of a   
      clear-sky view of a portion of South America. A portion of four   
      countries is captured in this image and a wide range of ecosystems,   
      from the Pacific Coast to the Amazon Rainforest.   
      
      In the southwest, marine stratocumulus clouds cover the Pacific Ocean   
      and creeps over the dry coastal plain of both Peru (north) and Chile   
      (south). Nearby, but at much higher elevation, Lake Titicaca is   
      visible. Sitting in the Andes Mountains at a surface elevation of 3,812   
      m (12,507 ft), Lake Titicaca borders both Peru (west) and Bolivia. A   
      small bank of cloud hugs the eastern slope of the Andes, which is a   
      much moister and greener ecosystem that the semi-arid land west of the   
      mountain peaks.   
      
      Moving to the east, a group of mud-colored lakes sit in the Bolivian   
      Yungas, a heavily-forested ecoregion in the lowlands of the Andes. The   
      largest tan-tinted lake is Lake Rogagua. It is one of the lakes known   
      as “lagos cuadrados” (square lakes) because of their shape. This group   
      of lakes, each only a few meters deep, are oriented in the same   
      direction with their long axes positioned northeast to southwest.   
      
      The highlands of the Amazon Rainforest are found to the north and the   
      northeast of the Bolivian Yungas. Brazil covers most of the northeast   
      section of the image, and is covered with a few clouds. Once covered   
      with dark green rainforest, both Bolivia and Brazil show the effects of   
      deforestation. Much of the light green seen in this area mark areas   
      where the rainforest has been cut or burned to make way for agriculture   
      or other use.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/19/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (2 MB),  500m (4.6 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=2023-06-20   
       
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