Sunrise at Kangerlussuaq

Last update: January 21st, 2021 at 4:00 pm

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Sunrise at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, with ravens on the left, and the Watson river and Sugarloaf Hill seen through a haze of windblown glacial silt. Credit: NASA / Jim Yungel

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