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Ponds on the Ocean

Melt ponds cover the surface of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off of Alaska.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Ponds on the Ocean.

NASA photograph by Kathryn Hansen. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published July 14, 2011
Data acquired July 12, 2011

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