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                "alt_text": "An image of the Arctic sea ice on September 13, 2012, the day that NASA scientists identified to be the minimum area in 2012. The sea ice is shown with a blue tint.  The sea ice is shown with a blue tint.",
                "width": 1920,
                "height": 1080,
                "pixels": 2073600
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 3547,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3547/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Daily Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2008 (using SSMI data)",
            "description": "Sea ice is frozen seawater floating on the surface of the ocean. Some sea ice is semi-permanent, persisting from year to year, and some is seasonal, melting and refreezing from season to season. The sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent at the end of each summer and the remaining ice is called the perennial ice cover.This visualization shows Artic sea ice from July 1, 2008 through Septemeber 14, 2008 based on the DMSP/SSMI instrument. The minimum Arctic sea ice extent occurred the week of September 12, 2008, when the extent was 4.52 million sq km (1.74 million sq miles). || ",
            "release_date": "2008-09-11T00:00:00-04:00",
            "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:55:05.149320-04:00",
            "main_image": {
                "id": 501927,
                "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003500/a003547/nh_daily2008.0040.jpg",
                "filename": "nh_daily2008.0040.jpg",
                "media_type": "Image",
                "alt_text": "Animation of daily Arctic sea ice 2008",
                "width": 1280,
                "height": 720,
                "pixels": 921600
            }
        },
        {
            "id": 3465,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3465/",
            "page_type": "Visualization",
            "title": "Daily Arctic Sea Ice from August/September 2007",
            "description": "In 2007, Arctic summer sea ice reached its lowest extent on record - nearly 25% less than the previous low set in 2005. At the end of each summer, the sea ice cover reaches its minimum extent and what is left is what is called the perennial ice cover which consists mainly of thick multi-year ice floes. The area of the perennial ice has been steadily decreasing since the satellite record began in 1979, at a rate of about 10% per decade. But the 2007 minimum, reached on September 14, is far below the previous record made in 2005 and is about 38% lower than the climatological average. Such a dramatic loss has implications for ecology, climate and industry as new shipping lanes open.This visualization shows 2007 daily Arctic sea ice from from 1 August through 19 September. || ",
            "release_date": "2007-09-26T00:00:00-04:00",
            "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:55:34.216028-04:00",
            "main_image": {
                "id": 507349,
                "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a003465/daily_composite.0379.jpg",
                "filename": "daily_composite.0379.jpg",
                "media_type": "Image",
                "alt_text": "Arctic sea ice from 01 Aug 2007 to 19 Sept 2007",
                "width": 1280,
                "height": 720,
                "pixels": 921600
            }
        }
    ],
    "alternate_versions": []
}