MODIS (Moderate Resolution Image Spectrometre) is a sensor on the TERRA satellite. It registers 36 bands of radiation (light and temperature) in 250 - 1000 m resolution. From these 36 bands many properties of the Earth's surface and atmoshere can be extracted. The map shows a natural color MODIS image from July 2005 (wet season). Click here or below the map to get to the zoom maps at 500m full resolution. Click for wet season MODIS images of brightness, greenness, wetness and NDVI.
