Floods behind Tropical Cyclone Craig (24S) in Northern Australia
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC Off
the north coast of Australia, Tropical Cyclone Craig brought
heavy rains to the region, and in the wake of its passing, left
floods along the coast. In the false-color image, standing water
along rivers appears deep blue, the clouds of Cyclone Craig are
light blue, vegetation is bright green, and sediment churned up
by high tides and run-off appears electric blue (see image
center). These images were acquired on March 12, 2003, by the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the
Terra satellite.