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Keywords
Aerial view
Day
KWCI (GPI)
NASA
Nature
Oceans (campaign title)
Oceans (topography)
Outdoors
Patterns
Public Domain (license type)
Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway
Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard and is located on Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, part of the Kingdom of Norway. It is the world's northernmost town with over 1000 people. The settlement was founded in 1906 by John Longyear, owner of the Arctic Coal Company. Until the early 1990s the coal mining industry was the major employer of Longyearbyen. Near Longyearbyen, the Global Crop Diversity Trust administers the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an Arctic safe capable of storing millions of crop seeds as a safeguard against natural and human disasters. Last week, the first deposit of 250,000 different species of crop seeds was made into the repository. The perspective view was created by draping a simulated natural color image over an ASTER-derived digital elevation model.
Restrictions
IMAGE IS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN. CREDIT NASA, NOT FOR SALE. OK FOR EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. DO NOT IMPLY THAT NASA SUPPORT OR STATE ANY POSITIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS PHOTO. CAPTION IS WRITTEN AS POSTED BY NASA ON THEIR WEBSITE: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA10626
NASA IMAGE USE POLICY: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html
Unique identifier:
GP0STPM9K
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
12/07/2003
Locations:
Arctic Ocean
,
Spitsbergen
,
Svalbard
Credit line:
© NASA
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Arctic Ocean NASA
As the seasons and years pass on Earth, different species tend to dominate the landscape at different times. NASA images depict changing seasons.
Related Collections:
Arctic Frontiers Campaign Imagery
Arctic Frontiers Campaign Press Pack
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