Moscow 2002
Moscow, Russia
The city boasts a population
of nine million and encompasses an area of 1035 square kilometers (405 square miles). The Moscow River runs through
the center of the city, and the Kremlin, the seat of the Russian government,
lies in the direct center.
The blue-gray pixels in this false-color image are urban areas. The light green areas surrounding the city are farms and the brown regions are more sparsely vegetated areas. This image of Moscow was
acquired by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+), flying
aboard the Landsat 7 satellite. July 23, 2002