Start Date: End Date: Published Date Data Date
Data acquired June 29, 2007 540 x 720 JPEG
Data acquired June 29, 2007 3400 x 4400 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired June 29, 2007 65 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired June 29, 2007 JPEG
Russia’s Ob River flows from south to north, and each summer, it thaws in the same direction. The result is that an ice jam sits downstream from thawed portions of the river, which is laden with heavy runoff from melted snow.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center.
Published July 11, 2007 Data acquired June 29, 2007