Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1A

Icebergs surround the edge of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier in one of the first images to come from the European Space Agency’s new Sentinel-1A satellite.

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Image contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2014) processed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published April 22, 2014
Data acquired April 13, 2014

Source:

Sentinel-1A

Topic:

Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Glaciers