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   June 23, 2023 - Thawing on Greenland's East Coast   
      
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      June 22, 2023 February 22, 2023   
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      As the Earth’s largest island, Greenland dominates the North Atlantic   
      Ocean, substantially filling the watery gap between North America and   
      Europe. Stretching about 1,660 miles (2,670 m) from north to south,   
      two-thirds of Greenland lies within the Arctic Circle. Bounded by the   
      North Atlantic Ocean in the south and the Greenland Sea on the east,   
      Greenland's northern coast reaches the Arctic Ocean.   
      
      Given the high-north location, the climate is cold in summer and frigid   
      in winter. About 80 percent of Greenland is covered by an ancient ice   
      sheet year-round, while winter’s weather tops the island with snow as   
      sea ice forms along the coastline. As daylight lengthens and   
      temperatures rise in the spring, sea ice begins to break up and melt.   
      Greenland’s melting season typically starts in May and ends in   
      September.   
      
      On June 23, 2023, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of summer   
      melt well underway in Eastern Greenland. While thin ice still floats on   
      most of the rivers and fjords along the coast, the thick fast ice that   
      clung to the coastline and over the Greenland Sea during the winter has   
      given way to bergy bits and growlers, with only a thin margin of fast   
      ice remaining. Bergy bits are medium to large fragments of ice, while   
      growlers are smaller—roughly the size of a truck or grand piano.   
      
      The June 23 scene, which shows active melt in Eastern Greenland can be   
      easily compared to an image of the same area acquired by the MODIS on   
      Terra on February 22, 2023, by clicking on the dates under the image.   
      The mid-winter scene shows smooth, thick fast ice covering all   
      waterways, clinging to the coast, and reaching far into the Greenland   
      Sea. In both images, a bank of cloud covers the Greenland Sea near the   
      eastern edge of the image.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/23/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (295.8 KB),  500m (952.2 KB),  250m (2.6 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=2023-06-23   
       
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