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Earth Processes, Climate Change Reveal Military History

Melting glaciers recently exposed artifacts of war in the Alps.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Earth Processes, Climate Change Reveal Military History.

NASA Earth Observatory images byJoshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data from NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published November 11, 2021
Data acquired September 7, 1992 - September 1, 2021

Sources:: Landsat 5 > TM; Landsat 8 > OLI; Terra > ASTER