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This image is the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antartica. The thick black lines...
At Mars North Pole is a dome of icy layers ranging up to 2 kilometers thick, roughly analogous to the Earth ice caps...
A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in...
This color picture of Antarctica is one part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire polar continent taken...
The BARREL cargo on its four-hour journey from the supply ship to the research station. Credit: NASA --- In...
Pumping helium into the first BARREL balloon to launch from Halley Research Satation. Credit: NASA --- In Antarctica...
Some of the BARREL balloon launches took place at the South African National Antarctic Expedition Research base,...
Liftoff! A balloon begins to rise over the brand new Halley VI Research Station, which had its grand opening in...
Dr. Chris McKay Deploying Environmental Monitoring Station in Colonized Sandstone, Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Antarctica—the continent at the southernmost reach of the planet—is fringed by cold, often frozen waters of the...
Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the...
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
This ASTER image was acquired on December 12, 2000, and covers an area of 38 x 48 km. Pine Island Glacier has...
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows Mount Erebus, the world southernmost historically active volcano,...
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS)....
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual peak size on Sept. 11, according to scientists from NASA and the...
Join NASA ice experts as we discuss important science about Earth's icy regions, and how it can impact us here in...
iss066e008713 (Oct. 19, 2021) --- A wispy aurora, intersecting with Earth's airglow, is pictured from the...
Description: Astronaut Jessica Meir is no stranger to extreme environments. She’s studied penguins in Antarctica and...
iss065e214231 (Aug. 2, 2021) --- The aurora australis streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the International...
iss065e214221 (Aug. 2, 2021) --- The aurora australis streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the International...
iss065e473649 (Oct. 13, 2021) --- An aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273...
iss073e0247726 (June 12, 2025) --- The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph...
iss065e214235 (Aug. 2, 2021) --- The aurora australis streams across the Earth's atmosphere as the International...