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Satellites have captured imagery of one of the largest ice avalanches ever recorded.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016) processed by the European Space Agency. Special thanks to Simon Gascoin for locating the images. Image interpretation assistance by Andreas Kääb (University of Oslo), Tian Lide ( Chinese Academy of Sciences), and Jeffrey Kargel (University of Arizona). Caption by Adam Voiland.
Published September 7, 2016 Data acquired June 24 - July 21, 2016