May 21, 2021 - Angola

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   Angloa
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   The fifth largest country in Africa, Angola sits along the southwestern
   coast tucked between Namibia (south) and the Democratic Republic of the
   Congo (northeast). Roughly eight times the size of the U.S. state of
   Georgia or slightly less than twice the size of the state of Texas,
   Angola spans 481,354 square miles (1,246,700 square km) and enjoys a
   618-mile- (1,600-km-)long coastline on the South Atlantic. The coastal
   plain is narrow and rises quickly to a high interior plateau, which
   covers most of the country.

   Forests cover a bit more than 54 percent of the land while about 45
   percent of the land is used in agriculture, mostly permanent pasture.
   The petroleum industry has become a major industry, as Angola owns
   large oil reserves. The primary mineral export is diamonds—according to
   a survey completed in 2016, Angola ranked as the sixth-largest diamond
   producer in the world, with an annual production of nine million
   carats.

   On May 19, 2021, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
   eastern Angola. The heavily forested high plateau is cut by a number of
   rivers. The tan-toned smudge near the center of the image is Leune, an
   inland town with an airport and industry.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 5/18/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (312.3 KB),  500m (904.3 KB),  250m (2.8 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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