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Crack in the Pine Island Glacier

A large crack running across the Pine Island Glacier in this satellite image is the beginning of the birth of a new giant iceberg.


NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.Caption adapted from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photojournal.

Published November 16, 2011
Data acquired November 13, 2011

Source:
Terra > ASTER