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Hudson Bay’s Nastapoka Arc

The origin of this nearly perfectly curved shoreline, a feature not often found in nature, has prompted an ongoing geologic debate.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published November 28, 2022
Data acquired August 16, 2022

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NOAA-20 > VIIRS