Sea Ice Swirls
Floating fragments of sea ice spun into intricate patterns as ocean currents carried them south along Greenland’s east coast in spring 2024. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured a moment of this dizzying journey on June 4, 2024.
Image Credit: NASA/Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/greenlandiceswirls-tmo-20240604-lrg/
TakenJune 4, 2024
Image CreditNASA/Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview
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