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A view of the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea in Antarctica. B15A is the largest chunk left of a bigger iceberg, known as B-15 that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000. That initial frozen hunk was about the size of Jamaica. At 71 miles (115 kilometers) long, B-15A is the largest freefloating object in the world. The image was acquired on December 10, 2000, prior to when B-15A broke off from the Ross Ice Shelf.

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More than a decade ago a large iceberg (over a thousand square miles in area, and a quarter of a mile thick) broke off an Antarctic glacier and drifted into the Southern Ocean. This true color Landsat 7 image shows relatively small icebergs "calving"off the edge of B10A. The new icebergs drifted into international shipping lanes, posing a threat.

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Himalaya (includes Hindu-Cush) Mountain Range. This shows rivers in the Ice Ages enabled mankind to exist on fish, game and agriculture.

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Nevadas 50 million year old meteor hole could have brought about the 50 million year old Ice Age.

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