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Rock and Ice in Northern Greenland
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Rock and Ice in Northern Greenland

Fjords wind between icy, rocky islands and peninsulas, and connect inland areas to an ice-choked ocean.

Published Aug 3, 2018

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Cape Farewell, Greenland
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Cape Farewell, Greenland

The image is highly oblique—taken from an angle looking outwards from the ISS, rather than straight down towards the Earth—and this perspective provides a sense of topography along the southern edge of Greenland. The exposed dark grey bedrock along the southwestern coastline has been carved by glaciers into numerous fjords, steep-sided valleys that drain directly into the ocean.

Published Aug 25, 2008

Image of the Day Land Snow and Ice

Greenland’s Leidy Glacier
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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier

Crisscrossing glaciers in northwest Greenland flow along the path of least resistance.

Published Jan 22, 2015

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Winter in Southern Greenland
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Winter in Southern Greenland

Captured near the end of 2012, this image shows a mixture of sea ice, land ice, and fresh snow.

Published Jan 6, 2013

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Swirling Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea
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Swirling Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea

Summer brought melting swirls of sea ice to the southeastern coast of Greenland.

Published Jul 17, 2015

Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice

New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland
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New Insight from Old Snapshots of Greenland

Historic photographs show glacial retreat since the early 1900s.

Published Dec 16, 2014

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Petermann Glacier, Greenland
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Petermann Glacier, Greenland

On Greenland, tens of thousands of years of snowfall have settled and solidified into a massive sheet of ice. Each summer, snow retreats briefly at low elevations, and a narrow strip of rocky coastline emerges. While some seasonal thawing is typical on Greenland, more dramatic changes are probably in store for the Greenland Ice Sheet in coming decades and centuries.

Published Aug 30, 2007

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Sea Ice in Denmark Strait
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Sea Ice in Denmark Strait

Ice that originated in the Arctic Ocean drifts hundreds of miles south, pulled along and shaped by the East Greenland Current.

Published Jul 21, 2020

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Varied Ice Shapes along the Greenland Coast
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Varied Ice Shapes along the Greenland Coast

Acquired March 27, 2010, this natural-color image shows part of the southeastern coast of Greenland, fringed by multiple forms of sea ice: fast ice, multiyear ice fragments, and small pieces of ice shaped into swirls by currents.

Published Apr 2, 2010

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Northwest Greenland Canyons
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Northwest Greenland Canyons

Acquired March 29, 2011, this photograph shows canyons along the coast of northwestern Greenland.

Published May 1, 2011

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Greenland Ice Sheet
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Greenland Ice Sheet

Although 2005 overall saw a new record, the extent of June melting in 2005 was unexceptional. The same held true for 2006, when this picture was taken.

Published Jun 30, 2006

Image of the Day Land Water Snow and Ice

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