NASA satellite sees sea ice crack apart in Canada | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2025
Space.comWednesday, June 18, 2025 at 4:00:00 PM
A striking new satellite image from NASA shows massive sheets of sea ice fracturing like broken glass in Canada’s Amundsen Gulf. The Terra satellite snapped this dramatic breakup—part of the natural summer thaw, but with ice retreating earlier and faster than usual.
Editor’s Note: While ice breakup happens every year, these images add to growing evidence that Arctic warming is accelerating. Thinner ice, earlier melts, and bigger fractures disrupt ecosystems and Indigenous communities—plus, they’re a visual gut-punch showing how quickly polar regions are changing. It’s not just a remote event; what happens up there ripples into global weather and sea levels down here.
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