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Sea ice off western Alaska
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On February 4, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a true-color image of sea ice off of western Alaska. In this true-color image, the snow and ice covered land appears bright white while the floating sea ice appears a duller grayish-white. Snow over the land is drier, and reflects more light back to the instrument, accounting for the very bright color.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSea ice off western Alaska. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000769.
