illuminated by low solar angles, this late 2016 Sentinel-3 OLCI image spectacularly features Greenland ice sheet undulations.
![Sentinel-3 OLCI 864 29 October, 2016 1415 UTC](https://i0.wp.com/snow.geus.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016_10_29_14h15m_RGB_864.jpg?resize=840%2C639)
at a time when melting should be in full force and precipitation should perhaps be liquid that solid, Sentinel-3 OLCI provides views of a snow blanketed western Greenland ice sheet ablation area.
(above) 5 July, 2017 1458 UTC, we see surface meltwater lakes poking through fresh snow and even some snow on land (NW quadrant of image).