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Shades of Blue on the Greenland Ice Sheet

When it comes to the blue hue of meltwater lakes, darker means deeper; satellites can help scientists discover just how deep.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Kathryn Hansen, based in part on materials provided by Matthew Radcliff.

Published September 9, 2015
Data acquired July 15, 2015

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI