Antarctica Photos From Space

Throng of new penguin colonies in antarctica spotted from space satellite images reveal guano patches boosting known emperor penguin colonies by 20 damian carrington environment editor.
Antarctica photos from space. Despite appearances this isn t really a photo of antacrtica from space. Researchers from nasa s goddard space flight center in greenbelt md led a team that used high resolution satellite images along with newly developed computer software to trace the most accurate antarctic grounding line ever compiled. Nasa goddard space flight center scientific visualization studio the. No that s not a picture of antarctica from space.
Earth ross ice shelf antarctica this color picture of antarctica is one part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire antarctic continent taken during the hours following galileo s historic first encounter with its home planet. But now the modis rapid response system at nasa s goddard space flight center is producing daily photo like images of antarctica. The pictures from space show the continent on february 6 when temperatures at the tip of the antarctic peninsula reached 18 3 degrees celsius 64 9 degrees fahrenheit the highest ever recorded. Pictures captured by photographer herbert ponting in the early 20th century show the coldest continent before climate change took hold.
The view shows the ross ice shelf. See the new trillion ton antarctic iceberg in image from space an instrument aboard nasa s aqua satellite captured this image on july 12 2017 revealing the giant iceberg that just calved from. 100 year old photos reveal antarctica like you ve never seen it.