Here are some of the beautiful views of Antarctica from Space. Antarctica is the least populated almost 1500 to 5100 seasonal population and the Southernmost continent. By size, Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent on the Earth, it is 40% larger than Europe.
Antarctica holds amazing views with its icy landscape and unique ecosystem. Our advancements in satellite technology allow seeing Antarctica from Space. Images of Antarctica from Space show the ever-changing nature of Antarctica. It also captures melting ice shelves to active volcanoes, providing valuable information of the continent’s transformations.
Graham Coast: Antarctica from Space
The Antarctic Peninsula is the warmest part and the northern region of Antarctica continent. This region is 1000 km long and points to the Southern tip of South America. In 2022 Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured Antarctica from Space showing the icy landscape of Graham Coast, which lies in the western part of the 1000 km long Antarctic Peninsula.
The icy landscape of Graham Coast is home to more than 100 glaciers which are Wilkinson, Drummond, Murphy, Erskine, Widmark, Hugi, Comrie, Weir, and Lawrie. This region’s atmosphere is exceptional, it has been warming over the last decades and ice melts faster than other ones.
This image of Graham Coast Antarctica from Space shows bigger islands Renaud Island which is 45 km long and in the centre Lavoisier Island which is 29 Km long.
Antarctica from Space: Iceberg A-81
According to 2019 data of NASA Earth Observatory there are growing cracks across Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. Iceberg A-81 is bigger, estimated to be twice the size of New York City. It’s still hanging on still 2022 but it finally broke down on Jan 22, 2023.
The following three images show the progression of crack from 2019 to 2023.
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is the first true color image of Antarctica from Space captured by a high-resolution satellite, showing real Antarctica if you fly above it. Almost 1100 individual Landsat-7 satellite images created the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA).
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All 1100 individual images are captured between the years 1999-2003. BAS (British Antarctic Survey), USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ), and funding from NSF (National Science Foundation) created LIMA from more than 1100 Landsat ETM+ images.
Earth – Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
The Ross Ice Shelf image was captured on December 8, 1990. This color picture of Antarctica from space is part of a mosaic of images taken after Galileo’s historic first encounter with the continent. The Transantarctic Mountains, extending from Victoria Land to the Ross Sea, divide Antarctica into West and East Antarctica.
Volcano Erebus one of two active volcanoes in Antarctica which is situated close to the south pole of Ross Island is the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
Is there a Pyramid in Antarctica?
In 2016 there were rumors that pyramids are in Antarctica reason behind this is a photo that shows Pyramids structures in Antarctica. But later CBS News reported that it was a mountain that looked like Pyramid.
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