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Snow in California
Image captured Apr 5, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
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Snow cover on the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California on April 5, 2023 (snow is shown in cyan and extends from northwest to southeast across the center of the image). Credit: NASA Worldview.
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Lack of snow cover in California on April 5, 2022. Credit: NASA Worldview.
This pair of false color corrected reflectance images shows snow blanketing the Sierra Nevadas (in cyan) in California on April 5, 2023 (top) and, in comparison, the lack of snow in California the previous year, on April 5, 2022 (bottom). These images were acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite. View the comparison in Worldview.
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April 6, 2023