QuikScat Captures an Early Melt

The SeaWinds instrument on NASA Quick Scatterometer QuikScat spacecraft captured these near-real-time backscatter images of melting on the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica Weddell Sea between October 27 left and October 29 right.

The SeaWinds instrument on NASA Quick Scatterometer QuikScat spacecraft captured these near-real-time backscatter images of melting on the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica Weddell Sea between October 27 left and October 29 right.