Cool Geo-Pic: Roan Plateau, Colorado

Cool Geo-Pic: Roan Plateau, Colorado

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Western Colorado’s Roan Plateau contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain: high ridges, deep valleys, waterfalls, cutthroat trout, mountain lions, bears, rare plants, and oil and natural gas. On September 25, 2008, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the region through nearly cloud-free skies.

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References:
U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (2008, March 13). Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan and Final EIS. Accessed October 2, 2008.

Center for Native Ecosystems. Roan Plateau. Accessed October 2, 2008.

National Geographic. (2005, July). A Matter of Density. Accessed October 2, 2008.

NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.