ICE AGE: Emerald Island Covered in White (NASA Photo of Ireland)

Jeff Schmaltz
NASA

The Mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. are not the only areas dealing with holiday snowfall. Ireland was recently swathed in white on December 22, 2010. When NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument captured a true-color image of the snow. The overnight arrival of 15 cm (6 in) of snow at the Dublin airport forced its closure. Combined with the closure of the City of Derry airport, travel became quite difficult.

NASA’s Terra Satellite Sees a Snow-Covered Ireland

MODIS images are created by the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The MODIS instrument flies onboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites.

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This article was posted: Monday, January 3, 2011 at 3:12 pm

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