What a beautiful time of year outside. The trees have, for the most part, grown their leaves now, the grass is getting green, and animals have come out of hibernation.
You can see the difference in color on NASA’s true-color MODIS satellite images. These satellites take color pictures all over the world every day. Below are the photographs of the southeastern United states from March 12 and April 20, 2008. Notice how we’ve gone from most vegetation still being dormant on March 12, to alomst full green this past Sunday.
Notice how you can even see some of the larger lakes and cities.
