Northeast Greenland

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

NASA—s Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this series of true-color images of eastern and northeastern Greenland in June and July 2002. Summer is well underway in this frigid place, and snow and sea ice are retreating form the rugged coastlines. Off shore, fine white swirls are made by finely crushed ice.

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Maps of Greenland

Greenland

This SeaWiFS pass over Greenland was collected by the ground station in Resolute in northern Canada...

East coast of Greenland

Though partially hidden by clouds, a thin strip of open water is visible amidst the ice...

Southern tip of Greenland

This MODIS true-color image of the southern tip of Greenland shows a first glimpse of bare...

Eastern coast of Greenland

Off the eastern coast of Greenland, fjords are thawing and the sea ice is breaking up...

NorthWest Greenland and Baffin Bay

Ice is thawing in the Baffin Bay (left) and up into the Nares Strait (upper left)...

Baffin Bay, Greenland

Along Greenlands western coast, a small field of glaciers surrounds Baffin Bay. This image was acquired...

Greenland

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Thinning Greenland Icecap

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Northeast Greenland