Decked out in reds, greens, blues and whites, this Multi-angle ImagingSpectroRadiometer (MISR) image highlights the Canadian province of NewBrunswick. Located above image center are the Christmas Mountains, aregion of old-growth forest nestled in a remote wilderness. Within thesehills are peaks named for eight of Santa’s reindeer: Dasher, Dancer,Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. Two other peaks arenamed North Pole and St. Nicholas.
The image combines data from the nadir camera’s blue, green, andnear-infrared bands to produce this false-color view. Vegetation showsup in shades of red, and sediment in the Bay of Fundy (lower right)takes on a green color. Ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (upper right)and in frozen lakes and rivers appears in hues of blue and white. Thepicture includes parts of eastern Maine at the left and Quebec’s GaspéPeninsula at the top, and covers an area measuring 380 kilometers x 470kilometers. It was acquired on March 8, 2001.
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Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team.
