Up close: take a look at the massive crack that broke Antarctica's mega iceberg

Updated : Mar 06, 2021 14:15
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Antarctica's mega A74 ice block broke off from Brunt ice shelf last week due to a massive crack that resulted in its calving.

Now, a satellite called the UK satellite Vision-1 has released a high resolution imagery of the crack.

The photos show the ever widening "North Rift" a day after calving of the ice shelf.

EU's Sentinel-1 spacecraft also released images capturing a a wider view of the 150m-thick A74 block pushing out into Antarctica's Weddell Sea. 

 

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