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  • Released Tuesday, December 4, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11143

Flying low over Antarctic waters, Operation IceBridge gets a mesmerizing view of sea ice.

Flying low over Antarctic waters, Operation IceBridge gets a mesmerizing view of sea ice.

This snow-covered sea ice, holding fast to a coastline, slows the progress of a glacier's massive icebergs as they head toward open water.

This snow-covered sea ice, holding fast to a coastline, slows the progress of a glacier's massive icebergs as they head toward open water.

Younger ice appears thin and gray, while older ice is thick and white with visible ridges.

Younger ice appears thin and gray, while older ice is thick and white with visible ridges.

Storms, wind and ocean currents weather the edges of sea ice formations called floes, and create long spidery cracks on the surface called leads.

Storms, wind and ocean currents weather the edges of sea ice formations called floes, and create long spidery cracks on the surface called leads.



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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Images and footage courtesy of NASA/GSFC/Jefferson Beck



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