Israel

The ancient city of Jerusalem (Israel) is cloaked in shades of purple in this image based on data acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite on April 3, 2000. Using shortwave infrared, infrared, and red wavelengths (ASTER bands 4, 3, and 2) in the traditional red, green, and blue channels of the image creates this false-color version of the city..... ....read more