TerraSAR-X image of Jakobshavn Isbræ
TerraSAR-X image of Jakobshavn Isbræ
This high-resolution TerraSAR-X image was acquired on 8 January 2014 and shows the glacier front or ‘terminus’ of Jakobshavn Isbræ. The glacier tongue appears as a bright, fractured area, surrounded by the smooth, darker areas along the fjord. In winter, the Ilulissat ice fjord is filled with icebergs that are ‘calved’ from, or broken off of, the glacier front.
