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Antarctic Iceberg Sails Away

Stuck on the seafloor for decades, Iceberg A-23A now freely drifts northward toward warmer, iceberg-destroying waters.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and data from the Antarctic Iceberg Tracking Database. Worldview animation by Karin Kirk, NASA/JPL-Caltech using MODIS imagery from NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites. Story by Kathryn Hansen with image interpretation by Christopher Shuman, NASA/UMBC.

Published December 1, 2023
Data acquired November 28, 2023

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
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Terra > MODIS