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The Digital Mapping System (DMS) aboard NASA's DC-8 captured this image of the Getz Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The step down from the ice shelf to sea ice is about 150 feet. Credit: NASA/DMS