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Alaska

This MODIS true-color Image shows snow retreating from much of Alaska. The blues, greens, and browns in the water along the coasts are likely a mixture of phytoplankton and sediment running off from rivers. At upper right, you can see the Bering Strait continuing to thaw.

Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC

Published June 1, 2001
Data acquired June 1, 2001

Source:: Terra > MODIS

Topics:: Biosphere > Microbiota > Phytoplankton; Biosphere > Vegetation > Phytoplankton; Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt; Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover; Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Melt; Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Rivers/Streams; Hydrosphere > Water Quality > Suspended Solids