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East Coast Snow Storm

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2024-02-20 12:00:00
February 20, 2003

Two days after record snowfalls blanketed the Middle Atlantic and Northeast U.S., life is slowly returning to normal. Final storm totals indicate parts of Western Maryland received up to 4 feet of snow, while New York City topped out at just over 25 inches.

This true-color image was acquired on February 20 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 1 km per pixel. Visit the MODIS Rapid Response Team, , for a copy of this scene at MODIS' full resolution of 250 meters per pixel.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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