Transantarctic Mountains and Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica Jacques
Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC This
true-color MODIS image from November 14, 2001, shows a portion
of the Trans-Antarctic Mountain Range running along the left of
the image. The blue shadows cast on the snow by the mountains
can make the mountains actually look like depressions in the
snow. The high-resolution image makes the peaks and shadows
clear. At the center of the image is the Ross Ice Shelf, and
enormous ice sheet that hangs out over the coastline.