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Melting Ice Reveals New Island off Greenland

Off the coast of Greenland lies an island resembling a bony claw. Long connected to Greenland’s coast by ice, the island escaped recognition for what it was for nearly a century.


NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, Landsat Project Science Office.

Published June 3, 2007
Data acquired August 11, 1985 - September 4, 2005

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+