Melville Peninsula and Southampton Island, Northern Canada

Pale brown earth is showing through the reamins of winter's snow pack around the Melville Peninsula (upper right) and Southampton Island (right center) of the Nunavut Province in northern Canada.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC

Published June 1, 2001
Data acquired June 1, 2001

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover