Alaska 02/05/08
This image of Alaska and the Bering Strait was captured by the MODIS on the
Aqua satellite on February 5, 2008. This wintery scene shows the ground covered
with snow, and the water full of ice - a contrast to
this image
of the region in summer.
The Bering Strait is the narrow passage between Russia (left) and the US
state of Alaska (right). Just south of the straight is St. Lawrence Island. St.
Lawrence Island might be one of the last surviving and above-water pieces of the
famous Bering land bridge. East of St. Lawrence Island is the Norton Sound. South
of the Sound is the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, which is where the Yukon and Kuskokwim
Rivers empty into the Bering Sea.
Text and image courtesy of NASA's MODIS Land Rapid Response Team.
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