Chilling Departure: Iceberg the Size of Portland, Oregon Breaks Free in Spectacular Antarctic Display

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Chilling Departure: Iceberg the Size of Portland, Oregon Breaks Free in Spectacular Antarctic Display
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Satellite of Iceberg A-83 spawning from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf captured on May 20, 2024, by the Thermal Infrared Sensor-2) on Landsat 9.

Iceberg A-83, approximately the size of Portland, Oregon, detached from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in late May 2024, an event recorded by Landsat 9. Soon after the break, the TIRS-2 on Landsat 9 captured this pair of false-color images. They are part of a, which since 2022 has been building year-round image records of glaciers, ice shelves, and sea ice around Antarctica, Greenland, and the Arctic Ocean.Thermal images like these can help scientists keep watch over Earth’s polar areas, even when the Sun is below the horizon and visible images are unavailable.

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