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pl23_spac0594.jpg

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Description

Arctic sea ice rapidly melting. The red line shows the average extent of seaice for June 21st. The Arctic sea ice extent at the time of this image was even lower than the record low year of 2007.

Credit

NOAA NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory

Display Date

2010 June 21

Collection

NOAA in Space