July 17, 2007 – Eastern Greenland, Summer Thaw. Summer thaw was underway on the fringe of eastern Greenland when the MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite.  Therefore Inland (left, snow and ice make a white blanket. While  closer to sea (center and right) the annual snow has retreated from much of the rocky coastline and from the surface of some glaciers, which appear slightly gray.

In the fjords, meltwater carrying finely ground sediment, crushed by the movement of glaciers over rock, colors the water turquoise. Also Sea ice (right) had fractured into geometric blocks, and small chunks of ice are scattered in some fjords like confetti.