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A slab of ice larger than the continental United States smothers much of East Antarctica. Draining from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is a river of ice nearly 800 kilometers long. This stream, the Recovery Ice Stream, slides roughly 35 billion tons of ice into the ocean each year.
Image from the MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica collection, provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Published April 26, 2007 Data acquired November 20, 2003 - February 29, 2004