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Ross Sea Ice on the Move

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured the movement in this pair of photo-like images of sea ice in the Ross Sea, taken on December 12 and December 13, 2007, within the span of nine hours. The ice was shifting, bunching and drifting northward so quickly that even in the short space of time that elapsed between the two images, noticeable differences developed.


NASA images courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Published December 15, 2007

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS