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Iceland
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On August 22, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a true-color image of a sunny summer day in Iceland. While most of the winter snow has melted to reveal green vegetation, the rugged northern peaks retain a snow cap. Further south bright white marks the location of glaciers. Situated in the southeast is Vatnajökull – the largest glacier in Europe and the site of Iceland’s highest mountain, Hvannadalshnjúkur.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineIceland. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000985.
