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   July 14, 2023 - Badlands National Park   
      
      Badlands   
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      The U.S. National Park Service calls Badlands National Park the “Land   
      of Stone and Light” —a moniker that truly seems to fit, even when the   
      rugged refuge is viewed from space. On July 10, 2023, the Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite   
      acquired a true-color image that shows the vast fossil-rich geological   
      deposits of the Badlands shining against the surrounding green prairie.   
      
      Sitting only about 75 miles (120 km) from Rapid City, the second-most   
      populous city in South Dakota, Badlands National Park spans about   
      244,000 acres (100,000 hectares) of spectacular scenery. This includes   
      rocky buttes and multi-toned spires that reveal the results of   
      geological deposition and erosive processes that have taken millions of   
      years to create. The scenery also includes mixed-grass prairie, a   
      remnant of the ecosystem that once dominated the central third of the   
      North American Great Plains and spanned about 26 million hectares   
      (156,000 square miles). Today, the Badlands National Park provides home   
      for many resilient prairie species, including Prairie Dogs, Bighorn   
      Sheep, and the endangered Black-footed Ferret.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 7/10/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (135.8 KB),  500m (379.5 KB),  250m (996.4   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-14   
       
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