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Ice Island Calves off Petermann Glacier

In August 2010, a NASA satellite tracked the chunk of ice as it slowly migrated down the fjord.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published August 22, 2010
Data acquired August 16, 2010

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EO-1 > ALI