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An image from the European Space Agecny’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the Jakobshavn Isbræ Glacier in Greenland — one of the fastest and most active glaciers in the world.
1989 aerial view. Pituffik Space Base (/ b iː d uː ˈ f iː k / bee-doo-FEEK; [2] Greenlandic:; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly and perhaps better known as Thule Air Base (/ ˈ t uː l iː /), is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.
The Greenland Telescope is a radio telescope situated at the Thule Air Base in north-western Greenland. It will later be deployed at the Summit Station research camp, located at the highest point of the Greenland ice sheet at an altitude of 3,210 meters (10,530 feet). The telescope is an international collaboration between:
Camp Century was an Arctic United States military scientific research base in Greenland, [1] situated 240 km (150 mi) east of Pituffik Space Base.When built, Camp Century was publicized as a demonstration for affordable ice-cap military outposts and a base for scientific research.
The ecoregion covers the coastal fringe of Greenland, from 75° N latitude at Melville Bay, around the northern coast to 70° N at Scoresby Bay on the east coast. The coastal bands south of this are in the Kalaallit Nunaat low arctic tundra ecoregion. The coast is rugged, although less so than the south, with deep inlets from the sea.
The US has a facility in Greenland named Pituffik Space Base, also known as Thule Air Base. Vice President JD Vance downplayed European concerns about Greenland on Sunday. AFP via Getty Images
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Rather than releasing any new cameras for CES 2021, Canon is doing something different: Letting you take pictures from space. Take photos of Earth from space with Canon's 5D Mark III camera Skip ...