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Snow Blankets Southern Patagonia
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Snow Blankets Southern Patagonia

Acquired May 30, 2012, this natural-color image shows snow cover across southern South America.

Published May 31, 2012

Land Severe Storms Snow and Ice

A Snowy Drought
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A Snowy Drought

This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011.

Published Feb 25, 2011

Image of the Day Snow and Ice

Snow Cover Extent Declines in the Arctic
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Snow Cover Extent Declines in the Arctic

High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.

Published Jan 8, 2013

Image of the Day Land Snow and Ice

Snow Cover, December 2008 and February 2009
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Snow Cover, December 2008 and February 2009

This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

Published Mar 6, 2009

Image of the Day Land Snow and Ice

Snow Deficit
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Snow Deficit

What a difference one year has made in the snow cover over North America.

Published Mar 30, 2012

Image of the Day Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes

Arctic Thaw
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Arctic Thaw

The climate of Earth is changing; fewer days of snow cover is yet another indicator.

Published Jan 3, 2014

Image of the Day Snow and Ice

The Virtues of Pure Snow
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The Virtues of Pure Snow

Scientist Tom Painter examines the differences between pure and dirty snow. A rise in dust can be a critical influence on snow-fed water supplies in the American West.

Published Sep 1, 2013

Image of the Day Land Human Presence Snow and Ice