Iceberg B-15A Sample Composite

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Iceberg B-15A: Sample Composite

A 100 mile long iceberg, named B-15A, cracked in two between October 7th and 9th, 2003. B-15A broke off Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. Since its calving in 2000, it has made delivery of fuel and supplies to McMurdo Station difficult.

B-15A on October 9th, 2003. In this image, the crack is easily visible, appearing in the center of the image.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Animation ID

    2838

  • Video ID

    SVS2003-0005

  • Start Timecode

    01:02:37:00

  • End Timecode

    01:03:24:00

  • Animator

    Alex Kekesi

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/10/16

  • Keywords

    glacier, McMurdo, iceberg, GCMD--Location--Antarctica

  • Data Date

    RADARSAT:1997/09/26-1997/11/04, Aqua/MODIS:2003/10/07-2003/10/09

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Airchecks

    http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1016iceberg.html

  • Other Credits

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MODIS Rapid Response Team. (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov)