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File:Ireland (MODIS).jpg

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English: It is easy to see from this true-colour image why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. Intense green vegetation, primarily grassland, covers most of the country except for the exposed rock on mountaintops. Ireland owes its greenness to moderate temperatures and moist air. The Atlantic Ocean, particularly the warm currents in the North Atlantic Drift, gives the country a more temperate climate than most others at the same latitude.
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Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author Jeff Schmaltz
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The cloud-free view shown here is extremely rare. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured the image on October 11, 2010, a time of year when Irish weather alternates between rainstorms from the west and cool, dry weather brought by high pressure systems known as anticyclones.

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Satellite image of Ireland in October 2010

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Ireland

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11 October 2010

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current12:14, 4 August 2017Thumbnail for version as of 12:14, 4 August 20171,600 × 2,200 (2.69 MB)Blight55quality degraded from original, taken from original
10:04, 21 April 2017Thumbnail for version as of 10:04, 21 April 20171,600 × 2,200 (1.16 MB)Blight55No borders in space, removed clouds
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13:41, 13 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 13:41, 13 December 20111,512 × 1,928 (800 KB)SoerfmBrightness, crop
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