The image was taken in High <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic" class="extiw" title="w:Arctic">Arctic</a> from a helicopter. It shows the crack pattern in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/permafrost" class="extiw" title="w:permafrost">permafrost</a>. The image was sent to Professor Hallet for interpretation. Here's what he writes about the image: <br> "...these look like very fresh contraction crack polygons, probably ice-wedge polygons and mostly likely they developed on beach sediments that were recently under water. Striking patterns!"
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