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Antarctic Ice Shelf Sheds Massive Iceberg

An iceberg about the size of Delaware has split off from the Larsen C ice shelf.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS and VIIRS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Maria-Jose Viñas, adapted for Earth Observatory by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 12, 2017
Data acquired July 12, 2017

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response