Photo de stock - The 2002 Winter Olympics are hosted by Salt Lake City at several venues within the city, in nearby cities, and within the adjacent Wasatch Mountains. This 3_D perspective view, in simulated natural colors, presents a late spring view over Salt Lake City towards the snow_capped Wasatch Mountains to the east. The image was created by draping image data over digital topography data from the US Geological Survey National Elevation Data. This image was acquired on May 28, 2000. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region and its high spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters of about 50 to 300 feet, the satellite will produce images of the Earth for the next six years to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet. The instrument was built by Japan Ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry. The broad spectral coverage and high spectral resolution of the satellite will provide scientists in numerous disciplines with critical information for surface mapping and monitoring dynamic conditions and temporal change. Example applications are: monitoring glacial advances and retreats, monitoring potentially active volcanoes, identifying crop stress, determining cloud morphology and physical properties, wetlands evaluation, thermal pollution monitoring, coral reef degradation, surface temperature mapping of soils and geology, and measuring surface heat balance. Size: View width 15 km 9.2 miles, view distance 12 km 7.3 miles Location: 40.7 deg. North lat., 111.9 deg. West long. Orientation: North at top Image Original Data Resolution: 15 m