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English: Snow Cover Across Scandinavia. In this mostly cloud-free true-colour scene, much of Scandinavia can be seen to be still covered by snow. From left to right across the top of this image are the countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and northwestern Russia. The Baltic Sea is located in the bottom center of this scene, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the north (in the centre of this scene) and the Gulf of Finland to the northeast.
Date 15 March 2002
Source Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite.
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Author Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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