- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This ASTER 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.
This image is located at 74.1 degrees south latitude and 105.1 degrees
west longitude.
The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Image Addition Date:
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2001-10-22
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