Nadir view of Christchurch, New Zealand

Nadir (straight down) view of Christchurch, New Zealand, acquired Feb. 23, 2011, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team