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Alaska’s Brand New Island

A landmass that was once encased in the ice of the Alsek Glacier is now surrounded by water.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Alaska’s Brand New Island.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published September 8, 2025
Data acquired July 5, 1984 - August 6, 2025