PIA17283: Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf
This photo shows the ice front of the ice shelf in front of Pine Island Glacier, a major glacier system of West Antarctica.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Product Size:  1984 x 1488 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
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Original Caption Released with Image:

This photo shows the ice front of the ice shelf in front of Pine Island Glacier, a major glacier system of West Antarctica. The image was taken during the NASA/Centro de Estudios Cientificos, Chile (CECS) Antarctic campaign of Fall 2002.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine

Image Addition Date:
2013-06-13