The Nile Delta

True Color Image View image in larger JPEG format. View image in TIFF format.	False Color Image View image in larger JPEG format. View image in TIFF format.

These Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) images show the northernmost part of the 4,132 mile (6,650 km) Nile River. The Nile forms an alluvial fan as it passes by Cairo and flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile provides a year-round source of water as well as fertile silt deposits that have supported agricultural civilizations since ancient times. It has also been an important transportation waterway, although in the twentieth century that role became less important.

The false color image uses the infrared, red, and green spectral bands to display areas of vegetation in red. These areas highlight the role that the Nile River plays in providing water for cultivation to an otherwise arid region.

Data: MISR Level 1B2 Ellipsoid product, Path 022, Orbit 1898 (April 26, 2000) Blocks 65-68

Image credit: ASDC at NASA LaRC