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This image of early ice breakup of the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument infrared channel, at around 1148 UTC on April 13, 2016. via NASA ift.tt/1Vq8z5q
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Early Ice Breakup of Beaufort Sea Due to Early Warm Temperatures was taken on April 15, 2016 at 05:34AM