2010_Spring_on_the_Antarctic_Peninsula.jpg
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Summary
Description 2010 Spring on the Antarctic Peninsula.jpg |
English:
Nearly
cloud
-free view of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The peninsula and the surrounding islands are rapidly loosing the shield of
sea ice
that surrounds them in the
winter
. Winds are blowing from the west, pushing the sea ice east, towards the lower right corner of the image.
The east-blowing winds (westerly winds) channelled down the mountains, bringing warmer
air
to the east side of the peninsula. The remaining sea ice around the James Ross, Seymour, and Snow Hill Islands melted in response. The
water
-saturated ice is pale
blue
.
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Date | |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | The MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
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James Ross Island
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Snow Hill Island