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Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands Islands
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Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands Islands

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This Envisat image, acquired on 16 December 2006 with its MERIS instrument, highlights the snow-capped Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands Islands. The South Shetlands is a 540-km chain of four main island groups: Clarence and Elephant islands (not visible); King George and Nelson islands; Robert, Greenwich, Livingston, Snow and Deception islands; and Smith and Low islands. The islands visible in this image from top right to bottom left are King George, Nelson, Robert, Greenwich, Livingston and Deception, which is easily recognisable because of its broken-ring shape.

As the holiday season swiftly approaches, frosty landscapes tend to be associated with the magical idea of a white Christmas. But this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image over the Antarctic Peninsula sheds light on a different perspective.
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Earth from Space: Icy landscape

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This rare, almost cloud-free view of the remote Elephant Island in Antarctica was captured in February 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
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Earth from Space: Elephant Island

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Antarctic Peninsula
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Antarctic Peninsula

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Earth from Space: Shetland Islands

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The Italian island of Sardinia
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The Italian island of Sardinia

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