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File:Sunny Skies over the Arctic in Late June 2010.jpg
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English: Mosaic of images of the Arctic by MODIS. The brightest spot in the image is Greenland, covered in snowy white. West and north of Greenland, sea ice appears pale gray- blue. Clouds, some translucent and some opaque, occur throughout the scene, distinguished from sea ice by their lighter colour, rougher texture, and less distinct margins. Clouds appear most prevalent north and west of Scandinavia, and between Alaska and the Russian Federation, but wide expanses of land and sea surface peer through cloud-free areas. Most of the Arctic Circle is cloud-free.
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Date | 6 July 2010 |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | Jeff Schmaltz |
This image has a resolution of 2 kilometres. Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
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Alaska
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Russian Federation
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Greenland
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Sea ice
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Clouds
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Scandinavia
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Svalbard
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Canada
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Width | 6,144 px |
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Height | 6,144 px |
Compression scheme | Uncompressed |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 15:32, 2 July 2010 |
Colour space | Uncalibrated |
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