Keywords: Dobbin Bay in the Canadian Arctic, Image of the Day DVIDS854575.jpg en Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ASTER images are being used in an ambitious international project to map the extent of Earth's glaciers and the rate at which they are changing High-resolution ASTER images make it possible to distinguish and track small features on glacier surfaces Images presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting by Rick Wessels from Arizona State University showing details of glacial snow and ice are contributing to the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space GLIMS project a global consortium led by the U S Geological Survey Dobbin Bay is at the bottom of this ASTER image top of several glaciers in the Canadian Arctic on Ellesmere Island The image was taken on July 31 2000 The detail bottom image of the leading edge of the Eugenie Glacier's floating tongue reveals surface cracks and extensive calving of icebergs in Dobbin Bay NASA Identifier aster_dobbin <br>Unit NASA 2011-06-26 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/854575/dobbin-bay-canadian-arctic-image-day 854575 2013-02-08 17 31 WASHINGTON D C US PD-USGov Arizona State University Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Icebergs in the Arctic |