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Southern Winter: Snow Covers Patagonia

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Snow covers southern Patagonia in this NASA satellite image taken on May 30, 2012.
Snow covers southern Patagonia in this NASA satellite image taken on May 30, 2012. (Image credit: NASA)

While the Northern Hemisphere is getting ready for the sunny months of summer, the Southern Hemisphere is heading into winter. This seasonal shift can be seen in a NASA satellite image of snow blanketing southern Patagonia

Snow is more common in the Northern Hemisphere than the Southern, but long-term observations have shown that parts of southern Argentina and Chile are likely to see snow in June, according to a NASA statement.

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