# Venice Lagoon December 9 2001

- By: NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
- Date: 2001-12-09
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16314
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venice_Lagoon_December_9_2001.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/b/bf/Venice_Lagoon_December_9_2001.jpg/1920px-Venice_Lagoon_December_9_2001.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This picture of the Venetian Lagoon was taken by ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer), an imaging instrument flying on Terra, a satellite part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). It covers an area of 39 x 35 km and was acquired on December 9, 2001. (simulated natural color)