Modis Collection

Earth from space, satellite image
Earth from space. Satellite image showing North and South America as seen from 35, 000 kilometres above the Earths surface. North is at top and the Moon is at upper right

Snow-covered United Kingdom, January 2010. Satellite image of snow and ice (white) covering the UK during the cold spell in January 2010

Australia, satellite image
Australia. Satellite image of the Earth, set against a background of stars, centred on the island continent of Australia. North is at top. Clouds (white) are seen in the atmosphere

Africa, satellite image
Africa. Satellite image of the Earth centred on Africa. Clouds are white, oceans are blue and land is green and brown

Africa, night-day satellite image. This composite image of the Earth is set against a background of stars, and is centred on the continent of Africa. North is at top

World map, February 2004
World Map. Blue Marble: Next Generation cloud-free true-colour composite image of the Earth in February 2004

Cuba. True-colour satellite image of the island of Cuba (upper left to lower right) in the Caribbean Sea. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is blue and clouds are white

Sandstorm, satellite image
Sandstorm, Aqua satellite image. Cloud of sand stretching into the Mediterranean Sea (blue)

Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Wilkins Ice Shelf. Satellite image showing the location of the Wilkins Ice Shelf (just above and right of centre) on the Antarctic Peninsula

Whole Earth map based on satellite data. This is a mosaic of numerous satellite observations of the Earth. Land colours are shaded using topographic data

Middle East, satellite image. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is dark blue and bare ground, mostly desert, is yellow-brown

Europe, night-day satellite image. This composite image of the Earth is set against a background of stars, and is centred on Europe. North is at top

The Arctic, satellite image
The Arctic. Satellite image of the Earth centred on the Arctic. The North Pole is at centre. Clouds and Arctic sea ice are white, oceans are blue and land is green and brown

Typhoon Tokage. Satellite image of Typhoon Tokage (centre) hitting the western coast of Japan (upper left) on 19 October 2004 at 0215 GMT. The typhoon produced winds of 225 kilometres per hour

Blue Marble image of Earth (2005)
Blue Marble image of Earth. Composite satellite image of Earths eastern hemisphere, centred on the Indian Ocean. North is at top

The Arctic, night-day satellite image
Asia, night-day satellite image. This composite image of the Earth is set against a background of stars, and is centred on the continent of Asia. North is at top

Credit Image courtesy: MODIS Ocean Group, NASA GSFC, and the University of Miami
Credit Image courtesy:MODIS Ocean Group, NASA GSFC, and the University of Miami: sea surface temperature shown in false-colour image. a one-month composite for May 2001

Barents Sea July 19th, 2003, as seen by MODIS. Image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

2008 Ground Receiving System: MODIS Processing System Geoinformatics Centre, Tropical Cyclone Nargis near Sri Lanka and India

The winter sea ice in the east Siberian Sea. True-colour Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from 2002

Nelson River and Hudson Bay shown in an image from the True-colour Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

view of the Gulf of Mexico from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite

The Irish Sea (right) full of phytoplankton in this true-colour image from January 2002. The Irish Sea separates Ireland (centre) from the United Kingdom (right)

Antarctica. photographed by satellite MODIS observations of polar sea ice and combined with observations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations AVHRR sensorA

Earth vegetation globes, artworks C018 / 3559
Earth vegetation globes. Artwork of Earth globes with vegetation cover pictured as a scale, or index of greenness

Cloud vortex street, satellite image. North is at top. The island of Jan Mayen (white, upper left) is located in the Arctic Ocean

Low pressure, Iceland, satellite image. North is at top. The swirl of clouds (lower left) marks an area of low pressure that is centred south-west of Iceland (upper right)

Low pressure, UK, satellite image. North is at top, with land areas outlined in black. The swirl of clouds at lower centre is a lower pressure system centred over South-West England

Cloud streets, Black Sea, satellite image. North is at top, with the Black Sea outlined in black. Cloud streets are parallel lines of clouds aligned with the wind

Atlantic low pressure, satellite image. North is at top, and land areas are outlined in black

Barents Sea algal bloom, satellite image. North is at top, with land areas outlined in black

Open Northwest Passage, 2012 C014 / 0113
Open Northwest Passage. Satellite image of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago taken on the 3rd August 2012

Open Northwest Passage, 2012 C014 / 0112
Open Northwest Passage. Satellite image of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago taken on the 3rd August 2012

Scandinavia, satellite image C017 / 9060
Scandinavia, satellite image. North is at top

Lake Baikal, Russia, satellite image C015 / 4568
Lake Baikal. Satellite image showing ice breaking up in the central part of the lake Baikal, Russia

Iberian Peninsula, satellite image
Iberian Peninsula. North is at top. Satellite image centre on the Iberian Peninsula, showing Spain and Portugal, with France at upper right

Lake Baikal, satellite image C016 / 3879
Lake Baikal, satellite image. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is dark green, drier areas are brown, clouds and snow and ice are white

Italy, satellite image C016 / 3878
Italy and the surrounding region, satellite image. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is dark green, drier areas are brown, clouds and snow and ice are white, and developed areas are grey

Greece, satellite image C016 / 3876
Greece and the surrounding region, satellite image. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is dark green, drier areas are brown, clouds are white, and developed areas are grey

Saharan dust plume, Bay of Biscay C016 / 3874
Saharan dust plume, Bay of Biscay. Satellite image of a dust plume (brown) from the Sahara, stretching across the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic from Spain (lower right) to Ireland and the UK (top)

Contrails over the English Channel C016 / 3875
Contrails over the English Channel, satellite image. Contrails (condensation trails) are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft

Sea surface temperature, 2010 global map C016 / 3800
Sea surface temperature, 2010 global map. The worlds oceans are heated by sunlight, with variations in the surface temperature caused by varying latitude, the Earths rotation, and axial tilt

Indian Ocean, sea floor topography C016 / 3723
Indian Ocean, sea floor topography and clouds. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, generated using satellite and mapping data

Indian Ocean, chlorophyll concentration C016 / 3722
Indian Ocean, chlorophyll concentration and clouds. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, generated using satellite and mapping data

Indian Ocean, chlorophyll and bathymetry C016 / 3721
Indian Ocean, chlorophyll concentration and bathymetry with clouds. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, generated using satellite and mapping data

Indian Ocean, surface temperatures C016 / 3720
Indian Ocean, surface temperatures and clouds. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, generated using satellite and mapping data

Indian Ocean, satellite imaging data C016 / 3718
Indian Ocean, satellite imaging data. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, showing the various parameters that can be measured by satellite instruments

Indian Ocean, chlorophyll and bathymetry
Indian Ocean, chlorophyll concentration and bathymetry

Indian Ocean, with clouds C016 / 3714
Indian Ocean, with clouds. Computer graphic of the Indian Ocean on an Earth globe, generated using satellite and mapping data

Great Barrier Reef, satellite image. North is at top. Clouds are white

Gulf of Mexico coast, satellite image C013 / 5167
Gulf of Mexico coast, satellite image. North is towards upper left. Clouds are white. The Mississippi River, flowing south, enters the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, at upper centre

North-eastern Australia, satellite image C013 / 5161
North-eastern Australia, satellite image. North is at top. Clouds are white. Most of the land area is the state of Queensland in north-eastern Australia

Western Europe, satellite image C013 / 5165
Western Europe, satellite image. North is towards upper right. Clouds are white, seen mostly over the North Atlantic, North Sea and Mediterranean

Saharan Mediterranean, satellite image C013 / 5166
Saharan Mediterranean, satellite image. North is towards upper right. Clouds are white. The land is dominated by the Sahara Desert (brown), stretching for thousands of kilometres across North Africa

Bering Sea, satellite image C013 / 5164
Bering Sea, satellite image. North is towards upper left. Clouds, snow and ice are white

East coast of the USA, satellite image C013 / 5162
East coast of the USA, satellite image. North is towards top. Clouds are white. The land area consists of eastern Canada across top and the north-eastern USA across centre and lower left

Gulf of Mexico coast, satellite image C013 / 5163
Gulf of Mexico coast, satellite image. North is at left. Clouds are white. The Mississippi River, flowing south from left, enters the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, at upper centre

North-western Africa, satellite image C013 / 5160
North-western Africa, satellite image. North is at top. This north-western portion of Africa, over a thousand kilometres across, includes Morocco (left) and northern parts of Algeria

Tropical Storm Ernesto, satellite image C013 / 5157
Tropical Storm Ernesto, satellite image. This view looks south over Florida, USA, as this storm (white clouds) made landfall on 29 and 30 August 2006. At upper left are Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti

New Zealand, satellite image C013 / 5154
New Zealand, satellite image

Californian wild fires. Satellite image of the wild fires that raged in California, USA, in late October 2003. Huge plumes of smoke are seen being blown out over the Pacific Ocean

Australian bush fire smoke
Bush fire smoke. Satellite image of smoke from bush fires in Australia being blown out over the Pacific Ocean (blue)

Tropical Storm Lane, true-colour satellite image. This cyclonic storm began as Tropical Depression 14-E on 5 September 2000, over the Pacific Ocean around 200 miles off the Mexican coast

Tropical cyclones over the Indian Ocean, satellite image. North is at top. The coast of Madagascar is at far left (green). The cyclones are (from left- right): Gerry, Hape, 18S and Fiona

Sand storm over Canary Islands
Sand storm. True-colour satellite image of a sand storm from the Sahara Desert, Africa (right), over the Canary Islands (centre to centre left) in the Atlantic Ocean. North is at top

Forest fires in South America. Satellite image of smoke from thousands of fires (red circles) in South America, near the Brazil-Bolivia border

Dust storm over the Canary Islands, Aqua satellite image. Sand has blown north-west from the Sahara desert (bottom right) and is swirling over the Canary Islands (bottom centre)

Heath and moorland fires, UK
Heath and moorland fires in the UK, Aqua satellite image. April 2003 was a warm, dry month in Northern Europe

Hurricane Isabel, 15th September 2003
Hurricane Isabel in the Caribbean Sea on 15th September 2003

Tropical Cyclone Hary. Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Hary approaching the coast of Madagascar. The storm affected the northern and eastern shores of Madagascar

Dust plume crossing the Mediterranean sea, Terra satellite image. Sand and dust from North Africa and the Sahara (bottom) has blown north towards Italy in a large plume

Dust storm over the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf, Terra and Aqua composite satellite image. Sand and dust from surrounding countries has been picked up by winds, forming a sandstorm

Von Karman vortices in clouds
Von Karmen vortices. Aqua satellite image of clouds showing a Von Karmen vortex street (braid- like area, centre) over Jan Mayen Island (at top of street). The wind is blowing from the top

Clouds disrupted by islands, true-colour satellite image. North is at top

Hurricane Emily, 17 July 2005
Hurricane Emily. Satellite image of Hurricane Emily (centre) approaching Yucatan (left), Mexico, on 17 July 2005 at 1625 GMT

Hurricane Dean, 21 August 2007
Hurricane Dean, satellite image. North is at top. Image obtained at 15:05 local time on 21 August 2007 as the hurricane passed over Mexicos Yucatan peninsula

River Nile, true-colour satellite image. North is at top. Water is blue, deserts are brown, clouds are white

Tropical storm Zeta, 2nd January 2006
Tropical storm Zeta over the Atlantic Ocean on 2nd January 2006. Zeta was the 27th named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, extending the already record-breaking season yet further

Tropical Cyclone Erica (22P), satellite image, on 13 March 2003. North is at top. Erica peaked as a powerful Category 5 cyclone on 12 March 2003

Western Asia, satellite image
Western Asia, true-colour satellite image. North is at top. The region is dominated by deserts (brown)

Northwestern Australia, satellite image
North-western Australia, satellite image. The blue/white strip along the coast just right of centre is Eighty Mile Beach. The white patch at lower right is Lake Disappointment

South America, satellite image
Antarctica. Satellite image of the Earth, set against a background of stars, centred on the Antarctic. The South Pole is at centre. Clouds (white) are seen in the atmosphere

Russian heatwave, summer 2010
Russian heatwave, July 2010

Fog and snow-covered UK, December 2010
Fog and snow-covered United Kingdom, December 2010. Satellite image of snow (dense white) and fog (greysish white, bottom) covering the UK during the cold spell in December 2010

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"Exploring the Wonders of Our Planet: A Captivating Journey with MODIS" Embark on a mesmerizing journey through captivating satellite images captured by MODIS, revealing the breathtaking beauty and diversity of our planet. From space, witness Earth's enchanting allure as it glimmers like a precious gem. In January 2010, MODIS unveiled a snow-covered United Kingdom, transforming this usually green land into a winter wonderland. The delicate white blanket painted an ethereal portrait that left us in awe. Venturing further south, Australia appeared before our eyes in vivid detail. The vibrant colors showcased its vast landscapes and diverse ecosystems, reminding us of nature's boundless creativity. Africa emerged next on the horizon; during daylight hours, we marveled at its sprawling savannahs and lush rainforests teeming with life. As night fell upon this magnificent continent, MODIS revealed Africa's shimmering cities illuminated against the dark backdrop - a testament to human resilience and progress. A world map from February 2004 unfolded before us like an intricate tapestry woven together by different cultures and nations. It reminded us of our interconnectedness as citizens of this shared planet. MODIS then delved deeper into Earth's secrets with topographic and bathymetric maps that unraveled hidden depths beneath oceans' surfaces while showcasing majestic mountain ranges rising towards the sky. Nature's fury was also captured when MODIS documented a sandstorm swirling over vast deserts—a reminder of both its destructive power and haunting beauty. Cuba materialized under our gaze—its vibrant hues reflecting its rich history and culture that have captivated hearts for centuries. The Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica stood tall but fragile—an emblematic reminder of climate change impacting even the most remote corners of our world. Moving northwards to The Arctic, we witnessed icebergs floating majestically amidst icy waters—a poignant portrayal highlighting environmental changes affecting these pristine lands.