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Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Posted May 16, 2004
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
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The eastern side of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula juts into the Pacific Ocean west of Alaska. In this winter image, a volcanic terrain is hidden under snow-covered peaks and valley glaciers feed blue ice into coastal waters.

This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite on February 27, 2002.

Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series

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