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Foxe Basin, North Canada

The snow cover is vanishing from Baffin Island, Canada, which is running northeast to southwest at the upper right corner of the image, but ice still chokes Foxe Basin, in the image center, and vegetation doesn't appear to have taken off yet, as most of the land surface is brown.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Published July 5, 2001
Data acquired July 5, 2001

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
Collection:
Visible Earth