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Ellsworth Mountains

Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica go out from the IceBridge research plane on Oct. 26 . The Ellsworth Mountains are home to Antarctica ’s highest full stop , Vinson Massif ( 16,066 feet/4,897 meters ) .

Trapped Iceberg in the Amundsen Sea

An iceberg trapped in sea ice in the Amundsen Sea , figure from the IceBridge DC-8 research airplane on Oct. 27 .

Antarctic Peninsula

View of the northern Antarctic Peninsula from high ALT during IceBridge ’s flight of steps back from the Foundation Ice Stream , on Oct. 28 .

Pensacola Mountains

Pensacola Mountains near the Foundation Ice Stream , which Operation IceBridge survey on Oct. 28 .

Adelaid Island Ice Shelf

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NASA IceBridge, Antarctica

NASA IceBridge, Antarctica

NASA IceBridge, Antarctica

NASA IceBridge, Antarctica

Map of ice-free Antarctica.

An aerial photo of mountains rising out of Antarctica snowy and icy landscape, as seen from NASA�s Operation IceBridge research aircraft.

A satellite photo of a giant iceberg next to an island with hundreds of smaller icebergs surrounding the pair

A group of penguins dives from the ice into the water

A large sponge and a cluster of anenomes are seen among other lifeforms beneath the George IV Ice Shelf.

An orange sea pig in gloved hands.

British explorers Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs are on an 80-day trek across Antarctica. Here, a penguin waddles on drift ice in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea.

The 2021 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum area on Oct. 7 and ranks as the 13th-largest such feature since 1979.

The ozone hole (blue) can be seen here over Antarctica on Oct. 4, 2019.

This image shows the two cracks captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite on Sept. 14, 2019.

Satellite footage shows Antarctica�s East Getz Ice Shelf fracturing along the margins.

A giant iceberg has calved off the front of the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.

An image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system�s known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201

a view of a tomb with scaffolding on it

an illustration showing a large disk of material around a star

A small phallic stalagmite is encircled by a 500-year-old bracelet carved from shell with Maya-like imagery

a person holds a GLP-1 injector

A man with light skin and dark hair and beard leans back in a wooden boat, rowing with oars into the sea

an abstract illustration depicting the collision of subatomic particles