Tasman Glacier 1990


New Zealand's Tasman Glacier on December 30,1990,taken by the Thematic Mapper on Landsat 4. Compare with JG5749 from 2017,to see how the glacier is receding. In this false-color image,white is snow and ice,red is vegetation,blue is water,and brown is soil (including moraines and sediment-covered glaciers).


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Photo credit: © Science History Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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