Barents Sea and Kara Sea Coast, Russia

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from April 16, 2002, shows sea ice retreating from the Barents Sea (right). On the eastern side of Novaya Zemlya (North Land), Russia, the Kara Sea looks more winter-like than spring-like.

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

Published April 24, 2002
Data acquired April 16 - 16, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

Visible Earth