Colors of the cryosphere

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At the 2005 American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, scientists took a tour of the Earth's frozen assets, or cryosphere, using NASA satellite images. This one shows a swath of instantaneous net flux measured by NASA's CERES (Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System) experiment on June 20, 2003. Regions in daylight are warming (orange/red) while regions in darkness are cooling (blue).

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Credit: NASA

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