The Norfolk Examiner (www.Examiner.com) recently ran a story showing NASA images of the recent snow storms that stretched into the South, and included in the images is a great view from space of the recent snow on the Outer Banks.

Here’s the description from NASA’s Earth Observatory:

With miles of sandy beaches and generally good weather, coastal North Carolina isn’t a place you would usually expect to find snow. But the view from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on February 14, 2010, shows snow extending to the Outer Banks. The sandy islands, normally pale tan, are bright white in this image. Harkers Island received 8.8 inches of snow, reported CNN. The snow fell in a winter storm that moved across the southern United States from Texas to the Atlantic Coast on February 12-13.

NASA View - Snow on the Outer Banks