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A Crack of Light in the Polar Dark

Even in the dark, there are satellite instruments that allow scientists to “see” the rift growing across Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017) processed by the European Space Agency. Story by Kathryn Hansen with image interpretation by Christopher Shuman/UMBC JCET/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Published June 29, 2017
Data acquired June 17, 2017

Sources:
Landsat 8 > TIRS
Sentinel-1A