Every now and again, there is a superb view of parts of the British Isles
from the fantastic MODIS site. Today is no exception and I have cropped
the 12.50Z image and enhanced the brightness a lot, as the land appears so
dark at this time of year. The contrast between the gloom in the south and
the clear weather in the north is obvious, as are the shadows of this cloud
on land just to the north.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/modis/m...2004-12-55.jpg

That is about 750KB so will take just over 2 minutes on a 56k modem. It is
a huge image - 2448 x 2258 pixels so is best seen in raw form, not resized
in a browser. The satellite pass ended over S Scotland - apologies to
anyone living north of that limit.

It was taken from:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/r...25501.250m.jpg

Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 07/12/2004 21:47:35 UTC