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Bring Your Camera
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Published May 2, 2013
Scientists on NASA’s P-3B research plane get eye-popping views of rarely seen or photographed ice. The latest round of Operation IceBridge flights concluded on May 2, 2013.
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Submarine Vehicle Probes Beneath an Ice Sheet
Published March 17, 2013
A submarine vehicle built by a JPL scientist and Arizona State University students surveys Lake Whillans, which is 800 meters below an ice sheet.
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Kulusuk, Greenland
Published March 12, 2013
Residents of a hardscrabble town in southeastern Greenland rely on hunting, an airport, and tourism to survive in an unforgiving climate. In the peak of winter, the town’s northerly location means it sees just a few hours of sunlight per day.
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Landsat Data Continuity Mission Takes Off
Published February 12, 2013
LDCM extends an unprecedented four-decade record of global land observations.
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Rocketing Into the Northern Lights
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Published February 9, 2013
Researchers probed the auroral wind by shooting instruments into them in February 2013.
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Last House Standing at Royal Gardens
Published January 26, 2013
Lava from Kilauea Volcano chipped away at the doomed Royal Gardens subdivision for decades. Now more than 75 homes are gone.
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30th Anniversary of the Pu’u ’O’o Eruption on Kilauea
Published January 5, 2013
Overlapping lava flows on Kilauea Volcano illustrate the formation of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Riverbeds in Reverse
Published December 4, 2012
Inverted river channels in central Utah look similar to features on Mars—a clue that liquid water once might have flowed in abundance on the Red Planet.
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Ice-Free Crater Lakes on Ungava Peninsula
Published November 29, 2012
Usually the lake within Pingualuit Crater freezes by mid-September. In 2012, its circular blue surface still appeared to be free of ice in late-November.
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A Block of Thwaites
Published November 10, 2012
Researchers working on Operation Icebridge captured fresh photos and data from the ice on the bottom of the world.
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