Two days after record snowfalls blanketed the Middle Atlantic and Northeast U.S., life is slowly returning to normal. Final storm totals indicate parts of Western Maryland received up to 4 feet of snow, while New York City topped out at just over 25 inches.
This true-color image was acquired on February 20 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The high-resolution image available here is 1 km per pixel. Visit the MODIS Rapid Response Team, , for a copy of this scene at MODIS' full resolution of 250 meters per pixel.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.