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Himalayan Glacier, Southern China

Acquired December 25, 2009, this natural-color image shows a glacier slowly creeping down a valley to terminate in a frozen lake.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott based on image interpretation by Bruce Raup, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published April 4, 2010
Data acquired December 25, 2009

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EO-1 > ALI