First quality photograph of the Antarctic glacier
In early July, a rift formed on the ice shelf of Larten C in Antarctica caused the third largest glacier ever recorded to disengage from the mainland.
The ice block, called the A-68 glacier, may circulate for years in the open sea, and is amazing in size: about the size of Delaware, a mass of material like. Five and a half Everest, and enough to fill Lake Erie-more than twice as much.
Since it is mid-winter in Antarctica, the scientists were struggling to get good optical images of the iceberg. So far, they have relied on polar satellites like Sentinel-1, which uses radar to see through thick cloud cover.
However, a few days of clean weather at the end of July allowed Deimos-1 and Deimos-2, a pair of team satellites-a clear, visible view of the eastern Antarctic Peninsula.
(The satellites work together in space when one takes a large area and the other takes a higher resolution from the satellite)
Position of the ice shelf relative to the continent
A general picture of the ice shelf that hung up
The break in the detached ice shelf
First images at high resolution of the rift
Congratulations @shalev! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCongratulations @shalev! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOP