Archive for March 8th, 2010

Beautiful view of the North East United States/Canada covered in snow, image comes from NASA’s Terra Satellite. Another great MODIS image.

By early March 2010, several winter storms had left snow cover stretching from Canada southward to West Virginia. Mostly clear skies over the eastern United States and Canada allowed the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite this unobstructed view on March 6, 2010. The navy blue of the eastern Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean contrasts with the snow cover in this true-color image. South of Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes resemble giant claw marks in otherwise snow-covered New York. Snow appears the most opaque in Ohio, central New York, and between Lake Huron and its neighboring lakes to the east. In Canada, the mottled appearance likely results from a combination of snow cover and forest.

JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi shares with us another beautiful view of Florida from ISS. This time the famous Seven Mile Bridge that is used to traverse the Florida Keys. Or to be more precise, the distance between Knight’s Key and Little Duck Key.

Now before you tell me, yes there are two bridges in this photo. That is the old bridge, the Knight’s Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge. I dare you to say that three times fast. Anyway, probably explains why the new bridge is simply referred to as the New Sevenmile Bridge or just Seven Mile Bridge. Not that the bridge is exactly seven miles mind you, its more like six point seven. The 6.7 Mile Bridge doesn’t sound quiet as catchy though does it?