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Arctic ice cover

Arctic ice cover

Sea ice grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. NASA's Aqua satellite captured this snapshot on September 3, 2010.

Image Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/ice-min-approach.html

                                                                                                                                                                                        
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