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The El Mirage dry lake bed in the California desert, seen here from the NASA DC-8 during an IceBridge check flight, is a prime location for testing the mission's laser altimeter because it has a flat surface and reflects light in a manner similar to snow and ice.

Credit: NASA / Jim Yungel

NASA's Operation IceBridge is an airborne science mission to study Earth's polar ice. For more information about IceBridge, visit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/icebridge" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/icebridge</a>
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NASA ICE at https://flickr.com/photos/59345957@N05/15466865696. It was reviewed on 17 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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