In February 2008, an ice shelf on the Antartic Peninsula disintegrated into a floating pile of icebergs, ice fragments and slush that was trapped in place by freezing sea water.

Observe the different sizes, shapes, and textures of the ice fragments. Seen from space, it looks like a scale model but in reality some of the large bergs are several hundred meters long.

All this is most likely the result of rising temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsula, which over the past 50 years has been one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.