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Jakobshavn Glacier Grows for Third Year in a Row

These images from NASA's Ocean's Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, show the mass Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier has gained from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.
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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA Earth Observatory
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These images show the mass Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier has gained from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Areas with the most growth — about 33 yards (30 meters) — are shown in dark blue. Red areas represent thinning. The images were produced using GLISTIN-A radar data as part of NASA's Ocean's Melting Greenland (OMG) mission.

More information on OMG can be found here: http://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/.