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University of Minnesota

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Caption

With four more years of satellite imagery data, researchers in the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota and their partners have now released the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created. This image shows a Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) of Central Transantarctic Mountain regions in stunning detail.

Credit

Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota from satellites owned by Maxar and licensed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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License

Public Domain

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