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Data acquired May 29, 2004 1000 x 1300 207 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 29, 2004 2000 x 2600 718 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 29, 2004 4000 x 5200 2 MB - JPEG
Off of Greenland’s southern coast, sea ice swirls in a giant spiral in the northern Atlantic Ocean in late May, 2004. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image, taken by the Terra satellite, shows the ice streaming down off of the eastern coast and around the southern point. Thin clouds stream over the swirling ice in the lower left portion of the image, though the skies over the land remains clear. Snow covers the main body of Greenland, but summer temperatures keep the much of the shoreline clear, allowing the brown earth to show through and contrast against the blue waters in the fjords. This image is from May 29, 2004.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published June 3, 2004 Data acquired May 29, 2004