Images
December 3, 2020 - Teton Range and Bighorn Mountains
Follow @NASA_MODIS
Tweet
A layer of fresh snow lay across the Rocky Mountains and Bighorn Mountains in late November 2020. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the snow-capped scene on November 29. While the high peaks are snow-clad, arid, low-lying land remains tan-colored and snow-free.
The Bighorn Mountains sit in north-central Wyoming, extending from the plains to their endpoint in Montana just north of Bighorn Canyon. Considered by some to be a “sister range” of the Rocky Mountains, they spay about 30 miles at their widest point with a central crest’s glaciated peaks reaching 13,000 feet.
The peaks of the Teton Mountains sit in the southwest section of the image. Part of the Rocky Mountains, the Teton Range towers above Jackson Hole valley, which wears a blanket of white. To the north, the Yellowstone Plateau is marked by a change in topography as well as by the blue water of Yellowstone Lake. In the southwest corner the oval lake is Bear Lake.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 11/29/2020
Resolutions:
1km (81.6 KB), 500m (282.5 KB), 250m (832 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
A layer of fresh snow lay across the Rocky Mountains and Bighorn Mountains in late November 2020. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of the snow-capped scene on November 29. While the high peaks are snow-clad, arid, low-lying land remains tan-colored and snow-free.
The Bighorn Mountains sit in north-central Wyoming, extending from the plains to their endpoint in Montana just north of Bighorn Canyon. Considered by some to be a “sister range” of the Rocky Mountains, they spay about 30 miles at their widest point with a central crest’s glaciated peaks reaching 13,000 feet.
The peaks of the Teton Mountains sit in the southwest section of the image. Part of the Rocky Mountains, the Teton Range towers above Jackson Hole valley, which wears a blanket of white. To the north, the Yellowstone Plateau is marked by a change in topography as well as by the blue water of Yellowstone Lake. In the southwest corner the oval lake is Bear Lake.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 11/29/2020
Resolutions:
1km (81.6 KB), 500m (282.5 KB), 250m (832 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
