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Pine Island Glacier Calving

Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, on January 26 2017, showing a small chunk of icebergs calving, captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Much larger pieces of ice broke away in 2014 and 2015. Warm ocean water seems to be weakening the ice shelf. JG5746 shows the shelf on January 24, before calving.

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Pine Island Glacier Calving

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Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, on January 26 2017, showing a small chunk of icebergs calving, captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8. Much larger pieces of ice broke away in 2014 and 2015. Warm ocean water seems to be weakening the ice shelf. JG5746 shows the shelf on January 24, before calving.

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Album / Science Source / NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen

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2981 x 2547 px | 21.7 MB

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25.2 x 21.6 cm | 9.9 x 8.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

2017 • AERIAL PHOTO • AERIAL SHOT • AERIAL VIEW • ANTARCTIC COAST • ANTARCTICA • BREAKING OFF • CALVING ICEBERG • CLIMATE CHANGE • COASTAL GLACIER • DRIFT ICE • EARTH FROM SPACE • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE • FLOATING ICE • FROM ABOVE • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGIC FORMATION • GEOLOGICAL • GEOLOGY • GLACIAL EDGE • GLOBAL WARMING • ICE FLOES • ICE SHELF • ICEBERG • IMAGERY • LANDSAT 8 • LANDSAT • OBSERVATION • OLI • OPERATIONAL LAND IMAGER • PHOTO • PINE ISLAND BAY • PINE ISLAND GLACIER • POLAR ENVIRONMENT • RIFTING • SATELLITE IMAGE • SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY • SEQUENCE • SHEDDING ICE • SHELF FRONT • THINNING • TIDEWATER GLACIER • WEAKENING