February 13, 2021 - Snowy Scotland

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   Snow blanketed Scotland from the northern tip of the Orkney Islands to
   the coast of Solway Firth after a strong winter storm passed over the
   United Kingdom in early February 2021. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a
   true-color image of the wintery scene on February 12.

   While snow covered nearly every part of the country, the top
   news-making spot was Braemar, a village perched in the Scottish
   Highlands in Aberdeenshire, where The Scotsman news site quoted a town
   resident as saying, “I’m six foot seven inches and the snow is up to my
   knees!” Snow depth was reported as more than 2.3 feet (70 cm) on
   February 10, breaking a previous (although unofficial) record of 68 cm
   (2.2 feet) in 2001. Temperatures in the village were reported to -23˚C
   (-9.4˚F) the night of Wednesday the 10th. The Met Office confirmed that
   Wednesday was the coldest February night on record since February 23,
   1995.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 2/11/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (129.3 KB),  500m (348.4 KB),  250m (708.9
   KB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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