NASA's Terra satellite image of springtime in Patagonia

Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC.

NASA's Terra satellite captured this striking image of springtime in Patagonia, the mountainous region at the tip of South America.

Patagonia comprises parts of Chile and Argentina.

Although there are no borders overlaid on the image, Chile lies roughly to the west of the Andes Mountains, which run from north to south and are snow-capped in this image.

NASA ASTER Image: Argentine's Patagonia from space: NASA satellite pictures of the participating nations

Argentina: This image of a Patagonian glacier was aqcuired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on May 2, 2000.

Patagonia is a mountainous region spanning the border between Chile and Argentina near the southern tip of South America.

Vegetation appears red in the image, which is a false-colour composite of near-infrared, red, and green light displayed as red, green, and blue, respectively

Picture: NASA / REX FEATURES