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No : ANT12
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late evening sun reflects off of a large tabular iceberg near
the Russian base of Mirney in the Antarctic. A zodiac cruises
by while the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov lies
at anchore in the distance. Tabular icebers break off from ice
sheets (massive glaciers) and are usually much larger than icebergs
formed normal glaciers. With their characteristic straight sides
and flat top, tabular icebergs can be identified miles away.
The largest tabular iceberg was 96 miles long and several miles
wide. Mirney (means Peace in Russian) is quite far south and
so the sun sets very late at night. This photo was taken at
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