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Greenland East Coast

The ice in the many of the fjords along Greenland's east coast is beginning to thin, and blue reflection from the water underneath the white ice makes them appear sky blue. Next to the coast, a cold current from the Arctic drops down to the south, hugging the coast, and filling the water with ice.


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

Published June 2, 2002
Data acquired May 31 - 31, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS