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Antarctic Snow Dunes1128 viewsExtensive snow dunes wrinkle the surface of large parts of East and West Antarctica. The dunes are up to 100 kilometers long and separated by 2 to 4 kilometers, but only a few meters high. Comparison of modern satellite images with images acquired four decades earlier reveals that the dunes are nearly motionless.
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Megadunes123 viewsThis synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of the Antarctic megadunes was taken by the Canadian Radarsat satellite.
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642 viewsThis plane flew the Megadunes crew during the first season of Megadunes in 2002 to 2003.
Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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200 viewsThe Megadunes team, Ted Scambos, Mary Albert, Mark Fahenstock, Carolyn, and Chris Shuman, gathered for a quick photo before heading to McMurdo Station.
Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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670 viewsThis photo was taken during a flight over the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Bird Glacier lurks in the background, with Darwin Glacier in the foreground.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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336 viewsThis in-flight view of a blue ice region in Antarctica was taken during the 2002-03 Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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330 viewsThis in-flight view of a blue ice region in Antarctica was taken during the 2002-03 Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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288 viewsThis in-flight view of a blue ice region in Antarctica was taken during the 2002-03 Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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323 viewsTed Scambos checks on the GPS/GPR surveying system during the 2002-03 Megadunes expedition.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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273 viewsMountains rise over the Dry Valleys region in Antarctica.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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306 viewsMountains rise over the Dry Valleys region in Antarctica.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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243 viewsMegadunes are slightly rounded at their crests and are so subtle that a person on the ground cannot see the pattern. In this aerial photograph, the megadune area looks like light and dark stripes in the snow.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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