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Collapse of an Ice Shelf

Animation of collapsing ice shelf
Source: NASA's Earth Observatory
Published: December 18, 2014

Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica, imaged Jan 31 through April 13, 2002.

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