The biggest iceberg in the world, which is about double the size of London, is likely to melt soon as it floats towards warmer waters.
NASA has confirmed that Antarctic iceberg A-76A is currently being swept nearer the equator following its long journey since breaking off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in May 2021.
Satellite images picked up the iceberg in the Drake Passage, which is a treacherous body of water between South America's Cape Horn and Antarctica's South Shetland Islands, the Mirror reports.
It's the biggest remaining piece of what was one the largest iceberg in the world, A-76.
After it broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf, it split further into three parts, the biggest of which was the A-76A.
NASA Earth Observatory say: "It remains to be seen where A-76A will drift next.
"It is already more than 500 kilometres north of its position in July 2022, when the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellite showed the berg passing the Antarctic Peninsula.
"As they continue to drift north, icebergs are usually pushed east by the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current funneling through the Drake Passage.
"From that point, icebergs often whip north toward the equator and quickly melt in the area's warmer waters."
Even though it's been on a long journey, it has remained the same size at 135 kilometres long and 26 kilometres wide-a total area equal to about twice the size of London.
The iceberg was captured in a natural-colour image, acquired on October 31, 2022, with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Terra satellite.
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