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[[image:ev26221_KlyuchevskayaSopka.A2004012.0035.500m.jpg|thumb||250px|Ash plumes on Kamchatka Peninsula, eastern Russia]]

'''MODIS''' ('''Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer''') is a [[payload]] scientific instrument launched into [[Earth]] [[orbit]] by [[NASA]] in [[1999]] on board the [[Terra (satellite)|Terra]] satellite. It is designed to provide measurements in large-scale changes in the Earth's [[cloud]] cover and [[radiation budget]].