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NPP first images for land cover was obtained on 11/21/2011

NPP VIIRS 500m GVI data were produced since May 2, 2012 to now

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Interesting VIIRS pictures

Dragon or fox

The images below was observed on 4/21/2012, NPP VIIRS image band 2 (0.86um). Does it look like a dragon or fox?