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Floods in Chad: Image of the Day
eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8059/Chad_TMO_2007185_lrg.jpg July 4, 2007 (2.12 MB JPG) The Sahel grassland is a rain-dependent ecosystem. With no mountain snowpacks to provide water during the dry season or daily infusions of water from moist air masses, the fortunes of the great African grasslands depend entirely on seasonal rain. The contrast between the dry season and the rainy season is illustrated by this pair of images, both captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite. MODIS took the…
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