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Newly Discovered Antarctic Lakes

Across the rippling, crevassed whitescape of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, two unusual shapes appear in this grayscale satellite image of the frozen continent.


MODIS mosaic of Antarctica courtesy National Snow and Ice Data Center

Published February 4, 2006
Data acquired November 20, 2003 - February 29, 2004

Source:
Terra > MODIS