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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland

At the end of May, many square kilometers of ice crumbled from Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier, continuing a century-long retreat.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the USGS Earth Explorer. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published June 11, 2014
Data acquired May 9, 2014

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Topic:
Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Glaciers