Icebergs | NASA Earthdata
Jan 23, 2025 · NASA's iceberg data includes current and historical measurements useful for mapping icebergs, glaciers that calve them, and their characteristics. Icebergs are masses of …
Iceberg A23a in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica - Earthdata
Feb 27, 2024 · The animation starts with the massive iceberg (approximately 1,500 square miles in area, or about the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island) just to the right of center. During …
Glacier Power: What is Glacial Calving? | NASA Earthdata
Jan 17, 2025 · The iceberg ripped a 90 meter hole (approximately the size of a football field) in the ship, causing it to sink. More than 1,500 people died in the accident. Icebergs calved from …
Swirling Iceberg A76A in the Drake Passage | NASA Earthdata
Dec 4, 2022 · A76A was part of the A76 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2021. These images were acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ( …
Iceberg B15T in the South Atlantic Ocean | NASA Earthdata
Dec 7, 2018 · Image of Iceberg B15T in the South Atlantic Ocean. This image was acquired on 7 December 2018 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument, aboard …
icebergs | NASA Earthdata
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Disintegration of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue | NASA Earthdata
Jul 21, 2020 · The resultant iceberg (sections A and B) has an area of approximately 900 square kilometers (560 square miles). NOTE: Purple dots indicate the area where the iceberg broke …
Iceberg A68A Moving Away From The Antarctic Peninsula
True-color image of Iceberg A68A moving away from the Antarctic Peninsula, acquired on 11 January 2020 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Instrument, aboard the …
After the Larsen B | NASA Earthdata
Dec 27, 2020 · MacAyeal and his colleagues discovered the effect of these waves after an iceberg they were studying, named B-15A, abruptly shattered on October 27, 2005. B-15A …
Glacier Power: Why is Glacier Ice Blue? | NASA Earthdata
Jan 17, 2025 · Glacial ice is a different color from regular ice. It is so blue because the dense ice of the glacier absorbs every other color of the spectrum except blue — so blue is what we see!