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Icy Fingers in the Weddell Sea

As a result of the collision, blocks of ice slide above and below each other in a pattern that resembles a zipper or interlocking fingers.


NASA photographs courtesy of NASA/John Sonntag (top) and IceBridge Digital Mapping System (bottom). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published November 22, 2017
Data acquired November 14, 2017

Sources:
Aircraft Sensors > DMS
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