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Tendril of Ice in the Weddell Sea

Nature can generate some perplexing patterns, such as this isolated, snake-like patch of sea ice.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 15, 2018
Data acquired April 4, 2018

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS