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The Image features a satellite view of Mount Baker and the Easton Glacier. The surrounding landscape includes some bare tan colored rock on the immediate edges of the white snowfields before giving way to deep green foliage. The image itself scrolls away to a more current version of the same region and shows significantly less snow and ice coverage, and more bare rock in it's place.

Today’s Glacial Retreat is a Recent Phenomenon

Alpine glaciers around the world were advancing as recently as 1990. Now they’re melting fast. View the full story

Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/ Wanmei Liang

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Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory/ Wanmei Liang

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