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Data acquired August 2, 2009 PNG
Acquired August 2, 2009, this gray-scale image is made from thermal observations. The image shows that Charcot Island, long connected to Antarctica by the Wilkins Ice Shelf, was circumnavigable in the Southern Hemisphere winter of 2009.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data obtained from the Goddard Level 1 and Atmospheric Archive and Distribution System (LAADS). Caption by Michon Scott based on image interpretation by Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Published August 14, 2009 Data acquired August 2, 2009