Antarctica Morph through Time: Continental Zoom

  • Released Thursday, December 31st, 1998
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:59PM
  • ID: 1050

Starting with a full earth view, this animation zooms to and around Antarctica as the continent morphs from the present day topography to the topography of the last glacial maximum and back to that of the present.

Video slate image reads "Antarctica Ice ChangesClose-up animation centered on the Ronne Ice Shelf. Changes occur between 20,000 year old Antarctica and present day Antarctica."

Video slate image reads "Antarctica Ice Changes
Close-up animation centered on the Ronne Ice Shelf. Changes occur between 20,000 year old Antarctica and present day Antarctica."

Using the following: model of the last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica (20,000 years ago) from the University of Maine AVHRR data from NOAAAVHRR Mosaic from USGSRadar Altimeter DEM data from ESA

Using the following: model of the last Glacial Maximum in Antarctica (20,000 years ago) from the University of Maine
AVHRR data from NOAA
AVHRR Mosaic from USGS
Radar Altimeter DEM data from ESA

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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