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Data acquired September 7, 1984
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Grand Plateau Glacier

Views from above show the extent of change across Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Grand Plateau Glacier.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), and land cover data from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 13, 2020
Data acquired September 7, 1984 - September 17, 2019

Sources:: Landsat 5 > TM; Landsat 8 > OLI; Map

Collection:: U.S. National Parks