MODIS Spies Tokyo Snow
NASA's MODIS satellite took a beautiful shot of snow in Japan's capital city of Tokyo two weeks ago.
You can download insanely-large versions of the image on their page. NASA says:
Snow is a rare sight in Japan’s capital city, Tokyo. But on January 25, 2006, snow is exactly what this image shows. Tokyo, located to the right of the center portion of the image, was hit with a rare snow storm on January 21. As much as 3.5 inches fell in the center of the city, reported the Agence France-Presse. To the east, nearer the Pacific, enough snow fell to close the Narita Airport, stranding thousands of passengers. In addition, under snow was much of the rest of the island of Honshu (the largest island in Japan, sometimes called the “Mainlandâ€Â�).
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