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A Stroke of Luck

While investigating historical imagery of a surging glacier in the Karakoram, a scientist noticed a spectacular satellite image of an avalanche barreling into Khurdopin Glacier.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 7, 2017
Data acquired April 17, 1996

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Landsat 5 > TM