EARTH India -- 17 Mar 2002 -- This true-color MODIS image depicts northeastern India (center, left, and bottom), Nepal (above India), Tibet (above Nepal), and Bangladesh

EARTH India -- 17 Mar 2002 -- This true-color MODIS image depicts northeastern India (center, left, and bottom), Nepal (above India), Tibet (above Nepal), and Bangladesh (right edge). A number of fires (red dots) can be seen in India's interior and North and East borders. It is also possible to see the Indian city of Calcutta in the higher-resolution images (bottom right near the delta). Climate change is severely affecting the glaciers along this moutnain range and are melting rapidly. These glaciers feed the large river systems throughout Asia and scientists warn that this region could end up like the Taklamakan Desert - itself a victim of earlier global warming -- Picture by Lightroom Photos / NASA