New Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice with NASA's ICESat-2
- Visualizations by:
- Susan Twardy,
- Greg Shirah, and
- Helen-Nicole Kostis
- Written by:
- Roberto Molar Candanosa
- Scientific consulting by:
- Helen Amanda Fricker and
- Matthew R. Siegfried
- Produced by:
- Jefferson Beck
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Hundreds of meltwater lakes hide deep beneath the expanse of Antarctica’s ice sheet. With a powerful laser altimeter system in space, NASA’s Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is helping scientists "see" under the ice.
For more on the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-space-lasers-map-meltwater-lakes-in-antarctica-with-striking-precision
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animator
- Susan Twardy (HTSI) [Lead]
Visualizers
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA) [Lead]
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
Writer
- Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR) [Lead]
Scientists
- Helen Amanda Fricker (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego) [Lead]
- Matthew R. Siegfried (Colorado School of Mines) [Lead]
Producer
- Jefferson Beck (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
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