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Data acquired December 1, 2000
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High Resolution View of Pine Island Glacier

Pine Island Glacier has undergone a steady thinning in recent decades. In December 2000, satellites detected a wide new crack.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story High Resolution View of Pine Island Glacier.

Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.

Published November 16, 2001
Data acquired December 1, 2000