Birth of a Large Iceberg in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica
This animated sequence showing the iceberg detachment consists of 11
snapshots acquired by MISR's nadir camera between September 16, 2000 and
November 12, 2001. Due to frequent cloud cover, the time interval between
successive frames is not uniform. The flow of the glacier, widening of the
rift, and subsequent break-off of the iceberg are evident. A "jump"
in the position of the rift near the middle of the sequence is due to a gap in
image acquisition during Antarctic winter, when the glacier was in continuous
darkness.
