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Spring Thaw on North Slope

In the first weeks of June 2010, winter snow disappears from the lake-dotted tundra of Alaska’s North Slope like a dust cover whisked off a stained glass work of art.


NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published June 17, 2010
Data acquired May 30, 2010

Source:
Terra > MODIS