Pictures Of Antarctica From Space
You make it to land and watch as hundreds of penguins waddle by.
Pictures of antarctica from space. This baby s a behemoth. So are you ready to come on a virtual voyage to the end of the world. The trove includes the first publicly available satellite photos of europe the earliest aerial views of antarctica s ice and a record of central asia s aral sea before it dried up.
This color picture of antarctica is one part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire antarctic continent taken during the hours following galileo s historic first encounter with its home planet. Imagine standing at the bow of the ship as it chomps through sea ice. But now the modis rapid response system at nasa s goddard space flight center is producing daily photo like images of antarctica.
A myth until the early 1800s the ice covered southern continent is difficult to get to and hostile to most life. At approximately 2 200 square miles 5 800 square kilometers the iceberg represents about 10. It was captured piece by piece by several spacecraft and then stitched.
Scroll down to set sail with these 12 amazing pictures of antarctica. Pictures captured by photographer herbert ponting in the early 20th century show the coldest continent before climate change took hold. Seals grunt and whales do acrobatics.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go on a journey to antarctica. The pictures from space show the continent on february 6 when temperatures at the tip of the antarctic peninsula reached 18 3. Relatively few people have seen antarctica.
The view shows the ross ice shelf. Nasa images have shown antarctica melting on its hottest ever day. Here s a picture of the entire continent of antarctica seen from space.