In mid-July, one of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke free from the Larsen C shelf in Antarctica. New satellite pictures captured by Deimos Imaging show the floating ice fortress in stunning detail.
The gigantic iceberg, the third largest ever recorded, broke free from the southernmost continent sometime between July 10-12 and is now adrift off the coast.
Given the catchy name A68, the iceberg is some 5,800 square kilometers in size, making it twice the size of Luxembourg and almost four times larger than the Greater London area.
The crack in Larsen C, which eventually created the massive iceberg, has been visible on the continent since the 1980s. However, it was breaking free by January 2017 before reaching its climactic separation in the summer.
The gigantic iceberg, the third largest ever recorded, broke free from the southernmost continent sometime between July 10-12 and is now adrift off the coast.
Given the catchy name A68, the iceberg is some 5,800 square kilometers in size, making it twice the size of Luxembourg and almost four times larger than the Greater London area.
The crack in Larsen C, which eventually created the massive iceberg, has been visible on the continent since the 1980s. However, it was breaking free by January 2017 before reaching its climactic separation in the summer.
https://www.rt.com/viral/398898-satellite-photos-larsen-c-iceberg/
Some funny comments:
# What a terrorist iceberg. I vote we invade it and bring freedom and democracy to its frozen shores. It would remind it who is boss for constantly threatening to impact climate.
# The iceberg is one facet of Nature's regime change.
# The 88% of the remaining Larsen C Ice Shelf is stressed, & has gone on a thinning diet of S. American warm water & air. Other Ice Shelves are on the bland diet, with warm currents carving large inverted ice canyons on Shelf undersides.
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