• MODIS Pic of the Day 02 January 2023

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Mon Jan 2 11:00:12 2023
    January 2, 2023 - Fog in the Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula

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    The term “Balkan” comes from a Turkish word that refers to a chain of
    wooded mountains—a perfect descriptor for the terrain of Southeastern
    Europe’s Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan Mountains sit in the eastern
    portion of the peninsula, but many other ranges course across the
    region. For example, three ranges, the Rodope, Carpathian, and Dinaric,
    meet in the southern part of Serbia, while, just to the south, the
    mountains of Kosovo are said to be the most rugged and impassable in
    all of Europe.

    Not only are the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula famous for their
    beauty, the frequent morning fog delights photographers and tourists
    who appreciate the ethereal scenes created by delicate fog over forests
    and field. Fog is essentially a cloud that exists near the Earth’s
    surface. It can form over land or water, and frequently forms in
    valleys, especially in cool temperatures.

    On December 26, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
    (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image
    capturing widespread morning fog over the mountain valleys on the
    Balkan Peninsula. The largest fog banks lie over Kosovo, located in the
    center of the image, but also appear over Serbia (north and east),
    Macedonia (south), and Montenegro (west).

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 12/26/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (198.3 KB), 500m (523.5 KB), 250m (380.5
    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=2023-01-02

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