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Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea
An “ice island” that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra)
Remember that enormous slab of ice that broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier back in July? It’s now on its way out to sea, a little bit smaller than it was a couple of months ago — but not much. At around 10 miles long and 4.6 miles across (16.25 x 7.5 km) this ice island is actually a bit shorter than Manhattan, but is fully twice as wide.
The image above was acquired on September 14 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments |
Post tags: arctic, Arctic sea ice, Climate, Climate Change, global warming, MODIS, NASA, Petermann glacier, satellite, Terra
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2012-09-18 02:32:04
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