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Sea Ice Takes a Spin Down the Coast

Ice fragments from Greenland and the Arctic form elaborate swirls as they are swept south.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sea Ice Takes a Spin Down the Coast.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published June 12, 2024
Data acquired June 4, 2024

Source:: Terra > MODIS