Glory on the Brunt Ice Shelf

One of NASA’s workhorse planes, the DC-8, is being used this month to provide critical insight on the health of the ice sheets and shelves at the southern tip of the world.

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Photograph by Michael Studinger, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published November 16, 2010
Data acquired October 26, 2010

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