Melt ponds
Michael Tjernström
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm , Sweden
Ponds of melted freshwater (snow) on top of sea ice in the Arctic in summer. Also note the haze in the distance; such haze is rare in the Arctic and appears here because of the relative proximity to land in combination with offshore winds.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Michael Tjernström (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.5 MB
Width
3882 px
Height
2911 px
Aspect
3882:2911
Brand
Olympus
Model
E-30
Exposure
9 mm f/11 1/500 s ISO 100
Taken
8 January 2015
Coordinates
76.7872, 149.1435
Tint
Moderate blue
Submitted
28 February 2016
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