NASA Scientists Were Flying Over Antarctica When They Discovered This Mysteriously Shaped Iceberg

Imagine flying over the frozen expanse of Antarctica on a routine survey, eyes fixed on the ice below, when something stops you cold. That’s the moment a scientist aboard a NASA research flight reportedly found himself in during October 2018, as part of the agency’s IceBridge project. The strange object he photographed, a nearly rectangular slab drifting in the Weddell Sea, quickly spread across the internet. So what could shape a block of ice so unnaturally neat, and where did it come from? The video takes you along the Larsen Ice Shelf to explore how a giant chunk of ice broke free and why its perfect edges caught so many eyes.

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NASA Scientists Were Flying Over Antarctica When They Discovered This Mysteriously Shaped Iceberg

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