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A Winter Wanderer in the Weddell Sea

Under the cloak of darkness, Iceberg A-83 wiggled away from glue-like sea ice and drifted farther from the Brunt Ice Shelf—but not without sustaining some damage.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Winter Wanderer in the Weddell Sea.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published September 16, 2024
Data acquired May 22 - August 26, 2024

Source:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2