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USS Constellation and Thurston Island: Nov. 5
November 7, 2014

NASA’s Operation IceBridge collected some rare images on a flight out of Punta Arenas, Chile on Nov. 5, 2014, on a science flight over western Antarctica dubbed Ferrigno-Alison-Abbott 01. Following a routine calibration pass over Punta Arenas airport, the NASA DC-8 overflew the USS Constellation which is being towed for demolition after 53 yeas of service. The crew then snapped a few shots of a calving front of the Antarctic ice sheet. This particular flight plan was designed to collect data on changes in ice elevation along the coast near the Ferrigno and Alison ice streams, on the Abbot Ice Shelf, and grounded ice along the Eights Coast.

For more on Operation IceBridge, visit:

› NASA's IceBridge website
› IceBridge on Flickr
› IceBridge on YouTube

 

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Jefferson Beck
Earth Science News Team

USS Constellation being towed past Punta Arenas, Chile.
NASA Digital Mapping System image of the USS Constellation taken near Punta Arenas, Chile on Nov. 5, 2014.
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Airborne Topographic Mapper wide scan lidar elevation data taken over the USS Constellation during Nov. 5, 2014 overflight.
Airborne Topographic Mapper wide scan lidar elevation data taken over the USS Constellation during Nov. 5, 2014 overflight. The water elevation has been removed and was 17 meters. The Constellation flight deck is about 16m above the water surface and the conning tower is about 33m above the water.
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A small hole in the clouds revealed newly formed sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea.
A small hole in the clouds revealed newly formed sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea next to an ice berg on Nov. 5, 2014 flight.
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Thurston Island Calving Front
The Thurston Island calving front off of western Antarctica as seen from the window of NASA's DC-8 on Nov. 5, 2014.
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A Sea of Icebergs Near Thurston Island
A sea of icebergs float near the Thurston Island calving front off of western Antarctica as seen on the IceBridge flight on Nov. 5, 2014.
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Blowing Snow on Thurston Island
Snow is blown off of the Thurston Island calving front off of western Antarctica as seen on the IceBridge flight on Nov. 5, 2014.
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Mountain Peaks on Thurston Island
Mountain peaks through the ice cover on Thurston Island off of western Antarctica as seen on the IceBridge flight on Nov. 5, 2014.
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