Peary Land, Northernmost Greenland

This MODIS true-color image, acquired April 6, 2002, shows Peary Land in Northernmost Greenland. Well inside the Arctic Circle, this area is free of the inland icecap and is home to musk oxen, caribou, and sparse vegetation (lichens, mosses, grasses, and sedges).

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published April 17, 2002
Data acquired April 6 - 6, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

Visible Earth