Decked out in reds, greens, blues and whites, this
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer image highlights
the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Located above
image center are the Christmas Mountains, a region of
old-growth forest nestled in a remote wilderness. Within
these hills are peaks named for eight of Santa's reindeer:
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder,
and Blitzen. Two other peaks are named North Pole and
St. Nicholas.
The image combines data from the nadir camera's blue,
green, and near-infrared bands to produce this false-color
view. Vegetation shows up in shades of red, and sediment in
the Bay of Fundy (lower right) takes on a green color. Ice
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (upper right) and in frozen lakes
and rivers appears in hues of blue and white. The picture
includes parts of eastern Maine at the left and Quebec's
Gaspé Peninsula at the top, and covers an area measuring
380 kilometers x 470 kilometers. It was acquired on
March 8, 2001 during Terra orbit 6499.
MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC.
The Terra satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD. JPL is a division of the California Institute of
Technology.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.
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