Signs of Life: Sulfur Deposits at Borup Fiord Pass, Canadian Arctic

A natural-color satellite image and an aerial photograph show a unique glacial valley in the Canadian Arctic, where sulfur deposits on the ice may give scientists insights into how to search for extraterrestrial life.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Aerial photograph and Hyperion detection data provided by Damhait Gleeson, NASA JPL. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published May 1, 2010
Data acquired July 6, 2006

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EO-1 > ALI