Valleys, mountains, canyons and a vast, foreboding landscape are all geological features of Antarctica revealed in a new map, conceived by NASA scientist Robert Bindschalder.

This new map is called LIMA (Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica) and it shows clear images of areas as small as half of a basketball court. LIMA’s resolution is roughly 10 times better than any other map of the continent previously available.

This new map is also available to the public. It is explained on the Web site http://lima.nasa.gov. Viewers can zoom in and see precise details of Planet Earth’s most remote continent. Read more ...