August 29, 2010

Piece of Greenland Glacier Breaks Off

What would make a large piece of ice break off this glacier in Greenland?

The ice island that calved off Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland on Aug. 5 continues its slow migration down the fjord 11 days later. An imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this natural-color image on Aug. 16.

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