Satellites show how a massive lake in Antarctica vanished in days
About twice the volume of San Diego Bay disappeared rapidly
![satellite images from before and after drainage of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/070221_cg_antarctic-lake_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The Landsat 8 satellite snapped an image of an ice-covered lake on East Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf on March 31, 2019 (left). By September 14, 2019, the lake had drained away, leaving an ice-filled depression (right).
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