Loose Tooth Rift, Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica
John Orcutt
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
A helicopter view of the actively growing "Loose Tooth" rift system near the edge of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica; this branch of the rift was over 20 km long when the photo was taken on 31 December 2006. Photo Credit: James Behrens
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
1.5 MB
Width
2592 px
Height
1944 px
Aspect
4:3
Exposure
16 mm f/5 1/1000 s ISO 64
Taken
31 December 2006
Coordinates
-71.4989, 70.0254
Tint
Pale blue
Submitted
3 March 2011
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