Earth ID: 3079

Long Island Size Iceberg Slows Shipping Lanes

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on December 30, 2004

The iceberg B-15A has slowed shipping lanes to McMurdo Station. In the summertime sea ice usually gets flushed out to sea, however this large iceberg has been blocking the sea ice from doing so. The size of this iceberg is 1,200 square miles, roughly the same size of Long Island, NY, which is 1, 377 square miles.

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Kevin Mahoney (CSC): Animator
Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

Terra/MODIS

2004/11/09, 15, 19, 21, 26; 2004/12/02, 04, 07, 10, 13

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Iceberg B-15A

Keywords:
SVS >> Iceberg
SVS >> Long Island
SVS >> Iceberg B-15A
NASA Science >> Earth