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Meltwater Ponds on the Amery Ice Shelf

Blue puddles of water were visible atop this East Antarctic ice shelf after periods of record melting.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Meltwater Ponds on the Amery Ice Shelf.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published January 21, 2025
Data acquired January 1, 2025