January 2, 2022 - Mexico

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On December 25, 2021, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA's Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
much of Mexico.

The wide central plateau fills the center of the country, bounded by
the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the west and the
Sierra Madre Oriental in the east. The different colors of the
landscape broadly correlate with climate zones. Forests and coastal
plains, both rich in precipitation and vegetation, appear green. Tans
and browns mark the arid desert country and scrubland that stretches
from north of Mexico City to the border between the United States and
Mexico. White clouds cover the coastal plain in the southwest, along
the Pacific Ocean. The Gulf of Mexico sits in the east.

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 12/25/2021
Resolutions: 1km (1.4 MB), 500m (4.1 MB), 250m (3 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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