Trajectory of today’s science mission over Recovery Glacier

Trajectory of today’s science mission over Recovery Glacier in yellow. Previous missions from 2011 are shown in dark blue. Yellow line marks the flight path of today's mission with the DC-8 plotted over the MODIS Image Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA). Locations of subglacial lakes (red outlines) have been provided by Ben Smith, APL of University of Washington. Colors in basemap indicate ice surface velocity with warmer colors for faster velocities. Known wildlife locations are indicated by bird symbols. Wildlife data have been provided by Environmental Research & Support in support for the National Science Foundation.

Credits
NASA/Michael Studinger
Subject
Data
Aircraft
DC-8 - AFRC
Mission
OIB

 

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