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NASA Video Tours Earth’s ‘Frozen Assets’

Source: Discovery News | Dec 21, 05 | submitted by Georgia

World - Now a white winter is available to all, thanks to an unprecedented digital video of Earth's coldest, iciest places just released by NASA.

The free 8-1/2 minute "A Tour of the Cryosphere: Earth's Frozen Assets" movie brings together state-of-the-art animation and vast amounts of satellite imagery via a movie which flies viewers from pole to pole, exploring Earth's climate-critical snow and ice.

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