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Réf : S14396
Thème :
Terre vue de l'espace - Montagnes - Collines - Neige - Glace (539 images)
Titre : Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica
Description : (La description de cette image n'existe qu'en anglais)
This image was acquired on December 12, 2000, and covers an area of 38 x 48 km. Pine Island Glacier has undergone a steady loss of elevation with retreat of the grounding line in recent decades. Now, space imagery has revealed a wide new crack that some scientists think will soon result in a calving event. Glaciologist Robert Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center predicts this crack will result in the calving of a major iceberg, probably in less than 18 months. Discovery of the crack was possible due to multi-year image archives and high resolution imagery.
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