Ice Breakup at Land Glacier, Antarctica
before and after
Feb. 24, 2022 – March 23, 2022
The February image displays a vast expanse of old sea ice fastened to Land Glacier and the surrounding Antarctic coastline. In the March image, part of the glacier’s tongue (an extension of the landbound glacier that protrudes over the water) and much of the nearby old ice had broken apart and new ice began to form. Surface winds create streaks in some of the new ice, while swirling patterns indicate ice pushed around by winds and eddies. The green-yellow tinge is largely an effect of low light and automatic color corrections. Read more at NASA’s Earth Observatory.
Images taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA’s Terra (February image) and Aqua (March image) satellites. Source: NASA’s Earth Observatory
- Published on : 30th April, 2022
- Data collection period: Feb. 24, 2022 - March 23, 2022
- Published by: NASA
- Source website: https://climate.nasa.gov/
- Author(s): Source: NASA’s Earth Observatory Download option
