The American Southwest

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Saturday, 6 May 2006, 12:43 CDT Download full size image

This beautiful view of California (far left), Nevada (left), Utah (right) and Arizona (bottom right) was acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite on April 20, 2006. There are a number of famous features shown in this image.

Starting in the west, on the border of California and Nevada is Lake Tahoe. Half of the Lake lies in each state! A bit north of Lake Tahoe is Pyramid Lake, in Nevada. At the southern-most tip of Nevade is Lake Mead, with the city of Las Vegas spreading out to its west.

Continuing east, into Arizona, is the Grand Canyon, running east-west. The dark and white oval shape just above the Grand Canyon is the Kaibab Plateau. Just north of the Grand Canyon are two other scenic canyons located in southern Utah - Bryce and Zion.

Jumping further north, the large lake near the top-right of the image is the Great Salt Lake!

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