Remarkable Satellite image of UK covered in snow
A remarkable photo of the UK covered in snow taken on 7 January 2010 by the NASA Terra Satellite.
References sources:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42237
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The NASA site describes the image as
"(The large image shows snow cover over the entire island of Great Britain.)
[At higher resolution images] the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, and London form ghostly gray shapes against the white land surface. Immediately east of London, clouds swirl over the island, casting blue-gray shadows toward the north."
As of January 7, overnight temperatures had plunged to -18 degrees Celsius (-0.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in isolated spots, with more widespread temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit).