NASA Earth ObservatoryLandsatJoshua Stevens

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Earth from space: High winds paint puzzling ice streaks across the sea in Antarctica

A 2021 satellite photo captured rare, wispy streaks of ice stretching across an ocean channel separating the Ronne Ice Shelf and a patch of multi-year sea ice in Antarctica.

NASA Earth ObservatoryLandsatJoshua Stevens
August 13, 2024

Science

Earth from space: Trio of ringed ice caps look otherworldly on Russian Arctic islands

This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the islands' barren landscape.