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Ice Loss on Puncak Jaya

Rare tropical glaciers in Indonesia are losing ice fast and could disappear entirely within decades. Researchers want to know why.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Michael Prentice, Lonnie Thompson, and Andrew Klein.

Published September 1, 2012
Data acquired May 26, 1989 - October 9, 2009

Sources:
Landsat 4 > TM
Landsat 5 > TM