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Copper River Delta

Glacier runoff makes for a prodigious flow of water and sediment, painting the coastal waters in shades of gray, tan, and brown.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Copper River Delta.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon and Jesse Allen, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Talya Lerner.

Published August 4, 2013
Data acquired May 28, 2013