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Dr. Amber Jenkins

Amber Jenkins is Editor of NASA's Climate Change website and project manager of the Center for Climate Sciences at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She's passionate about climate change, science and science communication.

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Pick of the pics
Aland Islands, Finland
January 28, 2010
posted by Dr. Amber Jenkins
16:00 PST
Pick of the pics

Courtesy of NASA/USGS Landsat mission. Courtesy of NASA/USGS Landsat mission.

The Aland Islands are located in the Baltic Sea between eastern Sweden and southwestern Finland. They consist of the main island, Fasta Aland, which contains 90 percent of the population, and an archipelago to the east that is made up of over 6,500 islands. Approximately 25,000 inhabitants live on only 65 of the islands. This image was taken by the Landsat 7 satellite on April 19, 2003.

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