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Severe Snowstorm in Lesotho

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Jul 26, 2002
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Severe Snowstorm in Lesotho
July 2, 2002

The precipitation that brought snow fall to the Drakensberg Mountains in the country of Lesotho in southern Africa creates a stark white contast with the country's brown, mountainous terrain. Lesotho is a small, roughly circular, landlocked country nestled between Free State Province and Eastern Cape Province of Republic of South Africa. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was acquired July 2, 2002.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA-GSFC

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