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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Rapid Ice Movement — Russia — Landsat 8

Acquired 2018-06-24Landsat 8

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Rapid Ice Movement

Russia

Landsat 8

Acquired 2018-06-24

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 6

One glacier on Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean surprised scientists with its rapid change. After decades of normal, slow movement, a glacier draining Vavilov Ice Cap sprang forward, accelerating rapidly after 2013. This fast movement is extremely rare for cold-based glaciers. In 5 years, the ice tongue doubled in size. In this inverted rendition, land is blue and fractured sea ice appears tan across the top of the image.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 6. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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