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File:2007 Arctic Sea Ice.jpg

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This image shows the Arctic as observed by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite on September 16, 2007. The image shows a record sea ice minimum in the Arctic.

Date The image is dated September 16, 2007.
Source NASA, http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17800
Author NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E data courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data (NSIDC), and sea ice extent contours courtesy of Terry Haran and Matt Savoie, NSIDC, based on Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) data.

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