Nasa just snapped the first photos of a new crack in one of Greenland's largest glaciersNew Nasa photographs of Greenland's enormous Petermann Glacier show a new and ominous crack. The Nasa pictures make clear a significant new rift has opened near the center of the glacier's floating ice shelf - an unusual location that raises questions about how it formed. NASA_ICE/TWITTER A closeup shot shows the new rift on Greenland's large Petermann Glacier. Those past breaks also caused the glacier's floating ice shelf to become much smaller than it had been before. NASA The Petermann Glacier grinds and slides toward the sea, terminating in a giant floating ice tongue.

Source: Stuff April 17, 2017 23:54 UTC