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Baffin Bay, Greenland

 

Along Greenland's western coast, a small field of glaciers surrounds Baffin Bay.

This image was acquired byLandsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus(ETM+) sensor on September 3, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using near-infrared,red, and blue wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor's panchromaticband.

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Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch

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