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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