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On January 28, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of snow cover across the American Southwest, including California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Pola Lem.
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Very wet—but very warm—weather in the western U.S. has left many mountainous regions looking at substantial snowpack deficits.
Satellites observed a frozen landscape across much of the country after a massive winter storm.
The country's northern regions are accustomed to snow, but unrelenting storms have snarled transportation and caused other challenges this winter.
