The eastern side of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula juts into the Pacific Ocean west ofAlaska. In this winter image, a volcanic terrain is hidden under snow-covered peaks andvalley glaciers feed blue ice into coastal waters.
This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite onFebruary 27, 2002.
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Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series
