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Marion Island, South Africa

Acquired on on May 5, 2009, this true-color image shows Marion Island in the Indian Ocean. Sparsely vegetated, this volcanic island has remnants of snow near its summit.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published October 18, 2009
Data acquired May 5, 2009

Source:
EO-1 > ALI
Topic:
Land Surface > Landscape > Landscape Pattern