Breakthrough Map of Antarctica Lays Ground for New Discoveries

U.S. Newswire, November, 2007

To: SCIENCE EDITORS

Contact: Grey Hautaluoma of NASA Headquarters, Washington, 1- 202-358-0668, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of researchers from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and the British Antarctic Survey unveiled a newly completed map of Antarctica today that is expected to revolutionize research of the continent's frozen landscape.

The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica is a result of NASA's state-of-the-art satellite technologies and an example of the prominent role NASA continues to play as a world leader in the development and flight of Earth-observing satellites.

The map is a realistic, nearly cloudless satellite view of the continent at a resolution 10 times...

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