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Countdown to Calving at Brunt Ice Shelf

Cracks growing across the ice shelf are poised to release an iceberg about twice size of New York City.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen, with image interpretation by Chris Shuman (NASA/UMBC).

Published February 19, 2019
Data acquired January 30, 1986 - January 23, 2019

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI