From Cassini mission to the deep space habitat, NASA has left no stone unturned in its research, this International space agency now unveiled the enigmatic dark images which show the movement of the much fascinating trillion-tonne iceberg in Antarctica. This iceberg is one of the largest ones that have ever been recorded.
This iceberg has recently split off from the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf on July 10-12. While this ice-cold region forever remains shrouded in darkness during the Southern Hemisphere winter, NASA’s Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on Landsat 8 satellite captured a new snap of the 5,800 square kilometer iceberg.
The image captured by the satellite is a composite of Landsat 8 as it passed on July 14 and July 21 and shows that the main berg, A-68, has already lost several smaller pieces, this iceberg is being carried by currents northward out of its embayment on the Larsen C ice shelf region.
In addition to that, the latest imagery also reveals the details a group of three small, not yet released icebergs at the north end of the embayment. The calving of the iceberg left the Larsen C Ice Shelf reduced in area by more than 12 per cent, and the landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula has gone through gradual changes since then.
Though Icebergs calve from Antarctica all the time, as this one is particularly large, its path across the ocean needs to be monitored as it could pose a hazard to maritime traffic in every possible way.
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