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Monitoring the Arctic during Polar Darkness
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Image acquired October 30, 2012 Scientists watched the Arctic with particular interest in the summer of 2012, when Arctic sea ice set a new record low. The behavior of sea ice following such a low extent also interests scientists, but as Arctic sea ice was advancing in the autumn of 2012, so was polar darkness. Fortunately, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite can see in the dark.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMonitoring the Arctic during Polar Darkness. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001617.
