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Tasman Glacier Retreats

New Zealand’s longest glacier has shrunk in recent decades. Meanwhile, the lake at its terminus has grown.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Joshua Stevens, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published March 26, 2017
Data acquired 1990 - 2017

Sources:
Landsat 4 > TM
Terra > ASTER