Ice on the Caspian Sea

Multiple factors likely contribute to the formation of ice on the northern Caspian Sea.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Ice on the Caspian Sea.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS), and ocean bathymetry data from the British Oceanographic Data Center’s Global Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans GEBCO_08 Grid, Version 20100927. Caption by Michon Scott, with information from Walt Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Published March 30, 2013
Data acquired March 7, 2013