Breathtaking Satellite Photos Showcase the Fragile Earth as Art

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greenland coast satellite photo
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Here, along Greenland's coast, glaciers surround islands in Baffin Bay.

In spite of their mass, these glaciers are in danger. In the summer of 2010, a single glacier in Greenland lost more than a mile of ice overnight, and the forces that made this possible are at work across the ice mass.

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The Greenland Coast. Photo credit: Image courtesy of USGS National Center for EROS and NASA Landsat Project Science Office

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