Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026

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Astronauts watch from space as ice splinters from a glacier | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2026

The Southern Patagonian Icefield as seen from the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA) Fragments of ice splintered from a glacier float down an Antarctic lake in a photo captured from …

The Southern Patagonian Icefield as seen from the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA) Fragments of ice splintered from a glacier float down an Antarctic lake in a photo captured from aboard the International Space Station. What is it? In a new photograph snapped by astronauts on the International Space Station, you can see pieces of the Tyndall Glacier splintering off and floating out into the lake Lago Geikie. …

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