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Ephemeral Arc Spans Greenland Fjord

Scientists have some ideas about what might have caused a thin arc that spanned a fjord in Western Greenland.  


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. NASA photo, a still from this video, was provided by Josh Willis (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published September 26, 2023
Data acquired August 3, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph