This image is of the Malaspina Glacier in southeast Alaska. I have included a false color image and a "true color" image for comparison. The Malaspina Glacier is the largest piedmont (located at the foot of a mountainous region) glacier in North America, and according to Wikipedia "it is the largest piedmont glacier in the world." This image was taken through use of the OLI sensor onboard Landsat 8 on Sept. 24, 2014.
Of all the 100,000+ glaciers in Alaska, the Malaspina Glacier is unique because it is a compound glacier formed by the merging of the Agassiz Glacier to the left and the better known Seward Glacier (alpine or valley glacier) from above. Resembling an alluvial fan, the Malaspina Glacier is approximately 40 miles "wide" x 30 miles "long." Also pictured are the Agassiz Glacier to the left and Hayden Glacier to the right.
https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/86000/86767/malaspina_oli_2014267_lrg.jpg
References:
www.caltech.edu
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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