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Arctic sea ice - September 9, 2008

auteur: Nasa/GSFC/Novapix

référence: t-arc01-00010

Image Size 300 DPI: 32 * 18 cm

This image shows the sea ice that occurred on September 9, 2008.
Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover. Image made from Aqua satellite instrument.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - AQUA - ARCTIC - CLIMATE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GREENHOUSE EFFECT - GREENLAND - ICE - NORTH POLE - PLANET - POLE - SATELLITE IMAGE - SUMMER - TEMPERATURE - WARMING -