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Mosaic of the Arctic

The fragility of our home planet is apparent in this view of the whole Arctic region in September 2012, when sea ice reached its lowest minimum extent ever observed in the satellite record.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, and sea ice data courtesy of Walt Meier and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published October 28, 2016
Data acquired September 2, 2012

Sources:
DMSP > SSM/I
DMSP > SSMIS
Nimbus 7
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS