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Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica Viewed from NASA’s DC-8

Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica Viewed from NASA's DC-8
The Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica viewed from NASA's DC-8 aircraft during the AirSAR 2004 campaign.

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Mission: Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar 2004 (AirSAR)

The Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica viewed from NASA’s DC-8 aircraft during the AirSAR 2004 campaign. AirSAR 2004 was a three-week expedition in Central and South America by an international team of scientists that used an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), located onboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory.March 16, 2004
NASA Photo / Jim Ross