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The skies above Greece are exceptionally clear in this true-color Terra MODIS image acquired August 3, 2002, and thewaters of the Mediterranean Sea shine silver and blue. Modern-day Greece is a nation of many islands, but in ancient times, Greece was a looseconfederation of city-states that usually only came together as a whole to defend themselves from invaders. But what ancient Greece was most noted forwas being the root of Western philosophy. Socrates, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Gorgias are just a few of the most famous philosophers to come out of Greece. Athens, the modern-day capital of Greece and one of the strongest city-states in ancient times, sits across the bay from the large island ofPeloponnisos (lower center). Athens appears gray and is dotted by a few low white clouds. Peloponnisos was home to Sparta, a city-state that wasoften at odds with Athens. Sparta was located just north of the center of the three south-facing fingers of Peloponnisos. Also visible in this imageare the modern-day nations of Albania (top left), Macedonia (top center), and Bulgaria (top right). Credit Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe. Follow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook |
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