September 7, 2020 - South Australia

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   The Australian State of South Australia ranks as one of the most arid
   parts of the country, filled with ochre-colored outback and large white
   salt pans. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
   board NASA’s Terra satellite captured a true-color image of South
   Africa on September 2, 2020.

   The brightest lake near the center is Lake Gairdner, the third-largest
   salt lake in Australia, with lakes Everard in the west and Macfarlane
   to the southeast. Other salt pans include Lakes Hart and Hanson, in the
   northeast, and Island Lagoon in the east. The large, dull-colored Lake
   Torrens sits farthest east while Lake Eyre, the lowest natural point in
   Australia at about 49 feet (15 m) covers the far northern section of
   South Australia. Lake Acraman, the round lake southwest of Lake
   Gairdner has a particularly interesting history – it is thought to the
   be the impact crater of a massive asteroid that struck the area
   somewhere around 590 million years ago.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 9/2/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (176 KB),  500m (439.5 KB),  250m (864.6 KB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2020-09-07
 
