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Data acquired September 15, 2007 540 x 405 JPEG
Data acquired September 15, 2007 6800 x 4800 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 15, 2007 5179 x 4448 55 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired September 15, 2007 25 KB - KML/KMZ
On September 15, 2007, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured a largely cloud-free image of the Northwest Passage. Although the sea route had been characterized as nearly open weeks earlier, persistent cloud cover prevented a MODIS true-color image of the open route.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Thanks to Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center, for image interpretation.
Published September 24, 2007 Data acquired September 15, 2007