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Terra Nova Bay Polynya, Antarctica

In Terra Nova Bay, off the Scott Coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, a large pocket of open water persists throughout most of the Southern Hemisphere winter, even while most of the rest of the Antarctic coastline is firmly embraced by the frozen Southern Ocean.


NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center

Published October 18, 2007
Data acquired October 16, 2007

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Aqua > MODIS