Saturday, August 06, 2011

Petermania (XVI): Kiss, kiss

In the past few days, the Petermann Ice Island has edged to within its own length of the Newfoundland coast near St. Lunaire-Griquet.

Today, it has edged to within its own width. When the Terra satellite captured this image earlier today, the ice island was less than six kilometres from shore:


Source image: NASA/GSFC, Rapid Response

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