Operation IceBridge is in its third year of annual campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic, monitoring glaciers, ice sheets and sea ice. These images were taken on April 11, 2011, with the clear weather finally allowing these beautiful photos to be taken.
Source: NASA Goddard
NASA said Operation IceBridge flew over on 3/29, not 4/11. What’s 14 days, really, and the pics are awesome.