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Polynya off the Antarctic Coast

In some places where ice should cover the sea, open water appears instead.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott, based on image interpretation by Walt Meier and Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published November 22, 2011
Data acquired November 16, 2011

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Aqua > MODIS