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Breakup of the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

NASA satellite imagery revealed that the northern section of the Larsen B ice shelf, a large floating ice mass on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula, shattered and separated from the continent in 2002.

Breakup of the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Breakup of the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Source: NASA's Earth Observatory website. Click here for full story.

3.20.02

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