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Data acquired February 28, 2008 1328 x 1328 650 KB - JPEG
Data acquired February 28, 2008 1882 x 2668 10 MB - TIFF
Data acquired February 28, 2008 1328 x 1328 507 KB - JPEG
Data acquired February 28, 2008 1882 x 2668 9 MB - TIFF
Data acquired February 29, 2008 1328 x 1328 645 KB - JPEG
Data acquired March 17, 2008 1328 x 1328 657 KB - JPEG
Data acquired March 17, 2008 1882 x 2668 9 MB - TIFF
Data acquired February 28 - March 17, 2008 104 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired February 28 - March 17, 2008 JPEG
Data acquired February 28 - March 17, 2008 540 x 709 JPEG
Ice shelves are thick slabs of ice that are attached to coastlines and extend out over the ocean. In the natural course of events, ice shelves often calve large icebergs. On February 28, 2008, however, the Wilkins Ice Shelf rapidly disintegrated into small pieces.
NASA images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, based on MODIS data. Caption by Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey.
Published March 27, 2008 Data acquired February 28 - March 17, 2008