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   April 27, 2023 - Sea Ice Swirls in the Labrador Sea   
      
      Sea Ice Swirls in the Labrador Sea   
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      Swirls of sea ice painted a fanciful canopy atop a portion of the   
      Labrador Sea in late April 2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of the gorgeous scene on April 25.   
      
      The swirling and curling raft of floating ice hugs the northeastern   
      coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. A small   
      amount of fast ice remains attached to the coastline.   
      
      According to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) International Ice   
      Patrol (IIP) on April 20, medium to thick, first-year sea ice was   
      compressed along the Labrador Coast in concentrations above 90 percent.   
      Recent onshore winds, consistent with the currently negative North   
      Atlantic Oscillation Index was reported to have kept the ice pack   
      constrained onshore. Surface air temperatures were below normal in   
      April, and are expected to remain cold through the rest of the month.   
      The IIP estimates that there were two hundred and sixty icebergs   
      floating in this general region on that date.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 4/25/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (151.3 KB),  500m (469.5 KB),  250m (1.2 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-04-27   
       
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