This image shows the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic" class="extiw" title="en:Arctic">Arctic</a> as observed by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) aboard NASA’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(satellite)" class="extiw" title="w:Aqua (satellite)">Aqua satellite</a> on September 16, 2007. The image shows a record sea ice minimum in the Arctic.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="extiw" title="w:National Aeronautics and Space Administration">NASA</a> image created by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E data courtesy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Snow_and_Ice_Data_Center" class="extiw" title="w:National Snow and Ice Data Center">National Snow and Ice Data</a> (NSIDC), and sea ice extent contours courtesy of Terry Haran and Matt Savoie, NSIDC, based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Sensor_Microwave/Imager" class="extiw" title="w:Special Sensor Microwave/Imager">Special Sensor Microwave Imager</a> (SSM/I) data.
The image is dated September 16, 2007.
NASA, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17800">http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17800</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Earth_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:NASA Earth Observatory">en:NASA Earth Observatory</a>