NASA has discovered a rectangular iceberg in Antarctica with such precise angles that it looks as if it could have been intentionally cut.
But NASA is reassuring the general public that the oddly precise berg is not a supernatural phenomenon. Unfortunately, there is a much more sobering explanation.
It’s called a tabular iceberg and is identified by its uniquely proportionate shape and steep, almost vertical sides.
From yesterday's #IceBridge flight: A tabular iceberg can be seen on the right, floating among sea ice just off of the Larsen C ice shelf. The iceberg's sharp angles and flat surface indicate that it probably recently calved from the ice shelf. pic.twitter.com/XhgTrf642Z
— NASA ICE (@NASA_ICE) October 17, 2018
The iceberg was discovered as part of a NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a mission to capture images of Earth’s polar regions to better understand the makeup of its ice and how it’s changing over the years. This iceberg likely calved off of a larger slab — a phenomenon caused by climate change, Forbes reported.
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