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Antarctic Icebergs Chipped off by Japan Tsunami

Scientists observed the calving of several large icebergs from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica as a result of the March 2011 tsunami half a world away in Japan.


Images courtesy of the European Space Agency. Caption by Patrick Lynch and Mike Carlowicz.

Published August 9, 2011
Data acquired March 11, 2011

Source:
Envisat > ASAR