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Clouds and Ice of East Antarctica
The left-hand panel is a natural-color view from MISR's downward-looking (nadir) camera. The center panel is a multi-angular composite from three MISR cameras, in which color acts as a proxy for angular reflectance variations related to texture. Here, data from the red-band of MISR's 60° forward-viewing, nadir…(Read More)
Amery Ice Shelf's "Loose Tooth" Gets Looser
by m. rajaei on December 27, 2015 . In Image Gallery
The Amery Ice Shelf is an important dynamic system responsible for draining about 16 percent of the grounded East Antarctic ice sheet through only 2 percent of its coastline. Most of the mass input to the system occurs from the Lambert Glacier and several other glaciers. Mass loss from the system occurs through basal melting…(Read More)
Icefall on the major glacier (Lambert Glacier) in East Antarctica
by a. taravat on July 27, 2014 . In Image Gallery
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles (100 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and south of the…(Read More)