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This iceberg is perfectly rectangular—here’s why
Though it doesn't fit our typical image of icebergs, experts say the common shape has a simple explanation.
In a world besieged by climate change-induced chaos and disruption, one satisfying image of order has emerged.
It's an iceberg, shared online by NASA last Wednesday, that appears to be in the shape of a perfect rectangle with smooth, even walls, and 90-degree angles. The iceberg sits like a giant floating sheet cake near the east coast of the Antarctic peninsula.
NASA's IceBridge aircraft spotted the iceberg during a routine aerial survey. Operation IceBridge is a research initiative created to better understand how the poles influence Earth's climate, and it uses a fleet of research planes to regularly collect information.
“The iceberg's sharp angles and flat surface indicate that it probably recently calved from the ice shelf,” NASA tweeted, referring
