Antarctic Ice Melt Due To Heat Wave
by Joshua Stevens/landsat Data From The Usgs/geos-5 Data/nasa Gsfc/science Photo Library
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Antarctic Ice Melt Due To Heat Wave
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Joshua Stevens/landsat Data From The Usgs/geos-5 Data/nasa Gsfc/science Photo Library
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Satellite image showing ice melt on Eagle Island, Antarctica, due to a heat wave the occurred between the 5th and 13th February 2020. The heat wave included the hottest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica, 18.3 degrees Celsius, on the 6th February. The top image was taken on the 4th February 2020, the bottom image on the 13th February. There is significantly less ice in the lower image and melt ponds (blue) can be seen on some of the ice caps. Image obtained by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite.
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April 28th, 2022
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