Space lasers probe Antarctica, new lakes discovered!

NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite 2's (ICESat-2) probes of Antarctica, using its laser instrument, have revealed 'hundreds of meltwater lakes' beneath the ice sheet. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio Jefferson Beck (KBRwyle): Lead Producer Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR): Lead Writer Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Visualizer Helen Amanda Fricker (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego): Lead Scientist Matthew R. Siegfried (Colorado School of Mines): Lead Scientist Music credit: "Orbital Connection" by Eddy Pradelles and Pierre Tan Teng Ha [both SACEM], Universal Production Music.