If you haven’t heard, a 415-square kilometer sheet of ice has just collapsed off Antarctica. What makes this one special is that someone spotted the warning signs of the collapse in a satellite photo, and scientists were able to do flyovers of the sheet to get some pretty rare footage of the event. Check out this stuff from National Geographic:

Scientists are saying that this will probably be the last big collapse for a few months, because the Antarctic winter is starting soon and the ice will have a chance to thicken a bit. I’m sure there will be more footage of this stuff coming next year though. Now, if only the goddamn La Nina would let up and let us experience some global warming action in the north…