NASA MODIS Image of the Day: March 10, 2010 – Glaciers off the Antarctic Coast
Two massive icebergs drifted along the coast of East Antarctica in early March 2010.
In mid-February 2010, the Rhode Island-sized Iceberg B-09B (left) collided with the protruding Mertz Glacier Tongue (right) along the George V Coast.
The Mertz Glacier was already in the process of calving an iceberg when the arrival of the B-09B accelerated the process, leaving two icebergs the size of small states off this part of Antarctica’s coast. The MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Iceberg B-09B and the newly created iceberg off the Mertz Glacier. on March 8, 2010. Between each iceberg and the coast floats a mélange of smaller pieces of ice. Farther out to sea, delicate white swirls indicate a relatively thin layer of sea ice. Occasional clouds floating overhead cast shadows on the ice surfaces below.
