Antarctic Ice (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Antarctic Ice

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As ICESat-2 orbited over Antarctica, it took height measurements over the steep Queen Maud Mountains - some of which had never been previously measured. Over the Ross Ice Shelf, the photon return data showed a mostly flat surface, broken by terrain including the Crary Ice Rise.

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NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens

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