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Sea Ice Clearing from Northwest Passage

Acquired August 2, 2012, this image shows a largely open Northwest Passage.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE). Caption by Michon Scott, with information from Walt Meier and Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published August 6, 2012
Data acquired August 2, 2012

Source:
Terra > MODIS