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Larsen C Ice Shelf Calving, 4/6/2017

Between July 10 and 12, 2017, the Larsen C Ice Shelf in West Antarctica calved one of the largest icebergs in history. The rift in the ice shelf that spawned the trillion-ton iceberg remained relatively dormant until around 2012, when it was observed actively moving through a suture zone in the ice shelf. Suture zones are wide bands of ice that extend from glacier grounding lines (the boundary between a floating ice shelf and ice resting on bedrock) to the sea comprised of a frozen mixture of glacial ice and sea water, traditionally considered to be stabilizing features in ice shelves. This image of the ice shelf is from April 6, 2017. The rift can be seen at center.

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Title: Larsen C Ice Shelf Calving, 4/6/2017

Caption: Between July 10 and 12, 2017, the Larsen C Ice Shelf in West Antarctica calved one of the largest icebergs in history. The rift in the ice shelf that spawned the trillion-ton iceberg remained relatively dormant until around 2012, when it was observed actively moving through a suture zone in the ice shelf. Suture zones are wide bands of ice that extend from glacier grounding lines (the boundary between a floating ice shelf and ice resting on bedrock) to the sea comprised of a frozen mixture of glacial ice and sea water, traditionally considered to be stabilizing features in ice shelves. This image of the ice shelf is from April 6, 2017. The rift can be seen at center.

Category: Ecology & Environment • Astronomy & Space

Credit: Album / Science Source / NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOAA/GSFC

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Image size: 3585 × 2676 px | 27.4 MB

Print size: 30.4 × 22.7 cm | 1411.4 × 1053.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 2017 • A-68 • AERIAL PHOTO • AERIAL SHOT • AERIAL VIEW • AERIAL • ANTARCTIC COAST • ANTARCTICA • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • BW • CALVING • CLIMATE CHANGE • COAST • COASTAL GLACIER • COASTAL • COASTLINE • CRACK • DRIFT ICE • EARTH FROM SPACE • EARTH OBSERVATION • ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT • EMBAYMENT • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE • FAST ICE • FLOATING ICE • FROM ABOVE • FROZEN • GEOGRAFIA • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGIC FORMATION • GEOLOGICAL • GEOLOGY • GLACE • GLACIAR • GLACIER • GLOBAL WARMING • ICE (WEATHER) • ICE FLOES • ICE SHELF • ICE • ICE, FROZEN LAKES&STREAMS • ICEBERG • ICY • LANDFORM • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LARSEN C • LARSEN ICE SHELF • MARITIME • MELT • MELT-WATER • MELTING • MELTWATER • MODIS • POLAR ENVIRONMENT • RETREATING • RIFT • SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY • SATELLITE • SCIENCE • SEA ICE • SEASHORE • SEASIDE • SHORELINE • SHRINKING • SUOMI NPP • THAW • THAWING • THINNING • TIDEWATER GLACIER • VIIRS