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Data acquired April 23, 2002 1050 x 1400 283 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 23, 2002 2100 x 2800 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired April 23, 2002 4200 x 5600 3 MB - JPEG
The ice in Hudson Bay, Canada, is beginning its spring thaw, although most of the land was still blanketed in snow when this image was captured by MODIS on April 23, 2002. The advancing spring has a long way to go thaw Hudson Bay and it southern extension, James Bay. The large inland sea, formed when glacial retreat allowed seawater to fill in the vast depression caused by the glaciers
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 30, 2002 Data acquired April 23, 2002