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   March 15, 2023 - Iceberg A76A making its way north   
      
      Iceberg A76A making its way north   
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      On March 8, 2023, a break in widespread cloud cover allowed the   
      Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s   
      Aqua satellite to acquire a true-color image of Iceberg A76A as it   
      drifts northward into warmer waters of the South Atlantic Ocean.   
      
      The iceberg’s parent berg (A76) broke from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf   
      in May 2021. At the time, it was the largest iceberg anywhere on the   
      planet. Within a month, the iceberg lost that status when it broke into   
      three named pieces.   
      
      In October 2022, the largest piece—Iceberg A76A—was captured drifting   
      almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) away in the Drake Passage, a   
      turbulent body of water between South America’s Cape Horn and   
      Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands. By March 2023, A76A had exited the   
      northern reach of the Drake Passage, floating nearly even with the tip   
      of Cape Horn, which is located west and off of the left edge of the   
      image. The Falkland Islands, a South Atlantic archipelago that sits on   
      the Patagonian Shelf about 300 miles (480 km) east of South America,   
      can be seen under clouds to the northwest of Iceberg A76A.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 3/8/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (1 MB),  500m (3.3 MB),   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-03-15   
       
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