Antarctic Peninsula


Antarctic Peninsula captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on January 8,2016. Warming ocean water is shrinking many of the ice shelves and the glaciers in the area.


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