"Mike Tullett" wrote in message

The light colours in the east intrigue me. Would I be correct in assuming
this was the result of light coloured crops (cereals) rather than a sign
of
dry soil?

The are still a few fields in East Anglia with standing wheat, but the brown
colour is probably mainly due to newly ploughed soil ready for drilling (or
has just been drilled with next years crop)

MODIS images are superb, but can anyone offer some tips how to find the
right image quickly from such an enormous chaotic data base? Yes I know
about MODIS and AQUA tracks, etc, but even with broadband, it takes quite a
bit of searching.

Jack