Icebergs | NASA Earthdata
Jan 23, 2025 · NASA's iceberg data includes current and historical measurements useful for mapping icebergs, glaciers that calve them, and their characteristics. Icebergs are masses of ice larger than five meters that detach from a glacier and float out into a lake or the ocean.
Iceberg A23a in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica - Earthdata
Feb 27, 2024 · The animation starts with the massive iceberg (approximately 1,500 square miles in area, or about the size of the U.S. state of Rhode Island) just to the right of center. During the animation (November 12, 2023, to February 27, 2024), the iceberg slowly drifts left toward the center of the image, then moves toward the top of the image.
Iceberg A23A Moving Toward South Georgia Island, Antarctica
Jan 14, 2025 · The iceberg, or megaberg, could collide with the island or get stuck in the shoals around it, or the ocean currents could guide the iceberg around the island. Visit Worldview to visualize near real-time imagery from NASA's ESDIS; …
Swirling Iceberg A76A in the Drake Passage | NASA Earthdata
Dec 6, 2022 · A76A was part of the A76 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2021. These images were acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ( VIIRS ), aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership ( …
Glacier Power: What is Glacial Calving? | NASA Earthdata
6 days ago · The iceberg ripped a 90 meter hole (approximately the size of a football field) in the ship, causing it to sink. More than 1,500 people died in the accident. Icebergs calved from tidewater glaciers are still a danger today. An iceberg over 80 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide recently broke off from the Larsen Sea Shelf in Antarctica.
Disintegration of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue | NASA Earthdata
Jul 21, 2020 · The resultant iceberg (sections A and B) has an area of approximately 900 square kilometers (560 square miles). NOTE: Purple dots indicate the area where the iceberg broke away from the glacier. According to Massom, large-scale breakouts of …
Iceberg A81 Drifting Away from the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Feb 28, 2023 · True color corrected reflectance animation of Iceberg A81 drifting away from the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The animation spans January 22 to March 1, 2023. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Visit Worldview to interact with the imagery.
Iceberg A68A Moving Away From the Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 11, 2020 · True-color image of Iceberg A68A moving away from the Antarctic Peninsula, acquired on 11 January 2020 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Instrument, aboard the Terra satellite. Iceberg A68A calved from the Larsen C Shelf in July 2017 and is likely now headed for the South Atlantic Ocean.
Tracking the Itinerant | NASA Earthdata
Dec 28, 2020 · Iceberg B-15A floats in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Iceberg B-15A is a fragment of the much larger iceberg (B-15) that broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. (Courtesy J. Landis, National Science Foundation)
After the Larsen B | NASA Earthdata
Dec 27, 2020 · MacAyeal and his colleagues discovered the effect of these waves after an iceberg they were studying, named B-15A, abruptly shattered on October 27, 2005. B-15A was a large iceberg, about the size of Luxembourg, which had run aground off of the coast of Antarctica. It broke up on a calm day with locally mild weather, puzzling observers.