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Summer Breakout in Northeast Greenland

Seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 8, 2023
Data acquired July 21 - 26, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2