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Northeast snow from space

Discover stunning images taken from space by NASA's MODIS Earth-observing satellite, including the Maine asteroid impact story.

Written byPhil Plait
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I mean, an image taken from space. From NASA's MODIS Earth-observing satellite, to be specific:

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Too cool. But hey! Who hit Maine with a asteroid?

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I know, it's Sebago Lake, and there's a part that's not round all frozen over on the right making it hard to see, so the rest looks round like an asteroid impact, but if I said all that it's not as funny, OK?

Tip o' the toque to Fark.com

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