Frozen Franz Josef Land

This late summertime shot captures sea ice and land ice in Russia’s northernmost territory.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott with information from Walt Meier and Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published January 7, 2012
Data acquired August 19, 2011

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Terra > ASTER