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US-India NISAR satellite captures a ‘hummingbird’ in Antarctica. What it reveals
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Soumya Pillai
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NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite has captured radar imagery of Antarctica that features a unique formation nicknamed 'the hummingbird'. Scientists explain that the image is an optical illusion created by the interaction of radar waves with ice and mountain surfaces.
New Delhi: The NASA-ISRO synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR — India’s satellite partnership with the US — has captured an image of what looks like a giant hummingbird in Antarctica.
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