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Swirling Iceberg A76A in the Drake Passage

Images captured between Nov 20 and Dec 4, 2022, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

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Animation starting November 20 and ending December 4, 2022, of Iceberg A76A swirling in the Drake Passage. A76A was part of the A76 iceberg that calved from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2021. These images were acquired by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. Learn more in the Iceberg A-76A in the Drake Passage article from NASA's Earth Observatory.

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