Sulzberger Ice Shelf -- Before and After (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Sulzberger Ice Shelf -- Before and After

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Before (left) and after (right) photos of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf illustrate the calving event associated with the Japan earthquake and resulting tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011. The icebergs have just begun to separate in the left image.

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European Space Agency/Envisat

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