Acquired with 23 hours on July 16-17, 2012, these three images track the calving of a new iceberg off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Acquired August 5, 2010 , and July 28, 2010, these natural-color images show the Petermann Glacier before and after the calving of a massive iceberg.
Acquired July 21, 2012, this image shows the iceberg that recently calved off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier as it continues to drift down the fjord.
Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
In August 2010, a NASA satellite tracked the chunk of ice as it slowly migrated down the fjord.
Acquired July 30, 2012, this natural-color image shows a recently calved iceberg drifting away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier.
Water Snow and Ice Sea and Lake Ice
Acquired July 20, 2011, this natural-color image shows a remnant of an ice island that broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier off the coast of Labrador.
Acquired August 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Petermann Ice Island-A split in two off the Newfoundland coast.
Acquired July 27, 2011, this natural-color image shows the ice island PII-A off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland.
Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Acquired August 11, 2010, this false-color image shows the ice island that calved off Petermann Glacier.