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A Swirl of Old Supercontinent Silt

On the island of Spitsbergen, glaciers grind up sandstone, leaving an abundance of sediment that stains the meltwater.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 8, 2020
Data acquired August 23, 2020

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI