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Data acquired April 23 - 23, 2001 1200 x 900 242 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 23 - 23, 2001 2400 x 1800 828 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 23 - 23, 2001 4800 x 3600 2 MB - JPEG
At bottom center of this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 13, 2001, the White Sea in western Russia is becoming free of ice in its southern extent. Meanwhile, the blue-green waters along the coast of the peninsula jutting out into the Barents Sea to the northeast could be due to a phytoplankton bloom.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published January 27, 2002 Data acquired April 23 - 23, 2001