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A satellite photo of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Southwest Antarctic Peninsula as it began to break apart.

The ice shelf, is estimated to be about seven times the size of Manhattan began collapsing on 28 February, 2008.

This image was taken on 06 March, 2008.

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