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A Fracturing Berg in the Polar Night

The iceberg that calved from the Larsen C ice shelf has broken into two named bergs, as well as a handful of pieces.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 27, 2017
Data acquired July 20, 2017

Source:
Landsat 8 > TIRS