Seasonal Sea Ice Breakup Near the Ross Ice Shelf: Image of the Day (2002)
2002 · Short film
Synopsis
This true-color scene is situated along Antarctica's Scott Coastline (toward the west, or lefthand side, of the image), looking out toward the Ross Sea (eastward, or toward the right). Near the top of the image, the Drygalski Ice Tongue juts eastward roughly 80 km (50 miles) out from the coast. Just below this ice tongue is a cluster of large icebergs surrounded by a large bed of sea ice. The large, coke bottle-shaped iceberg toward the lower right was named B-15 by scientists; it captured the…
Uploader's description on archive.org
More like this
Hubble's Deepest View Ever of the Universe Unveils Earliest Galaxies (2004)- Rotating Tour of Solar Coronal Loops (2005)
- Philadelphia Flyby (1999)
Zoom in on Los Angeles, California : Image of the Day (2001)- Rotation Period Comparison Between Earth and Jupiter (2009)
- First Global Carbon Monoxide (Air Pollution) Measurements: Image of the Day (2000)
- Great Zoom into Los Angeles, CA: The Hollywood Sign (2001)
- Zoom into Mount Etna (2001)
- Apollo 17 Anniversary (2002)
- Looking at our World from Space (2002)