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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Flooding in Tunisia
Description:
Flooding in Tunisia
After nearly four years of drought, Tunisia continues to receive rain this winter. The salt pans are full of water, and they can be seen in this false-color image acquired on March 2, 2003, by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA?s Terra spacecraft.

During the dry season, the salt pans of Tunisia and Algeria contain little or no water. In this false-color image water is blue and black. Snow, which has also fallen in abundance in the higher altitudes, appears as a bright cyan and can be seen along the Algeria mountains and ridges. Clouds appear as pale blue and white, and land is green and tan.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_where:
Algeria
facet_where:
Tunisia
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
March 2, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-5655
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Flooding in Tunisia