IceBridge

Operation Ice Bridge

past Mission

Type

Airborne Science

Airborne Campaigns

2009-2019

Target

Earth

Objective

Image Earth’s polar ice

IceBridge was the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice ever flown. It yielded an unprecedented three-dimensional view of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, ice shelves, and sea ice.

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7 min read

Earth’s cryosphere is vital for everyone. Here’s how NASA keeps track of its changes.

Article

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NASA’s Operation IceBridge Completes Eleven Years of Polar Surveys

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Laser Precision: NASA Flights, Satellite Align Over Sea Ice

Article5 years ago

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NASA Begins Final Year of Airborne Polar Ice Mission

Article6 years ago

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NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice

Article6 years ago

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The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.

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