02-12-2021, 09:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-13-2021, 05:20 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
The closeup of Mauna Kea shows details such as the circular outline of the white observatories almost hidden in snow and the plowed road on the summit:
A new satellite image has captured the stunning white peaks of two volcanoes on the Big Island in Hawaii, which have experienced their second-most extensive snow coverage since current records began.
The high-resolution image — snapped on Feb. 6 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard the Landsat-8 satellite — shows the striking contrast between the snow-covered peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and the surrounding volcanic rock.
https://www.livescience.com/hawaii-snow-...mages.html
A new satellite image has captured the stunning white peaks of two volcanoes on the Big Island in Hawaii, which have experienced their second-most extensive snow coverage since current records began.
The high-resolution image — snapped on Feb. 6 by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onboard the Landsat-8 satellite — shows the striking contrast between the snow-covered peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and the surrounding volcanic rock.
https://www.livescience.com/hawaii-snow-...mages.html