Christopher Shuman (615/UMBC) contributed to the Earth Observatory's Item of the Day (IOTD) for October 28, 2024, in which Landsat-8's OLI captured "sea smoke" in the atmosphere above the Pine Island Glacier.
"Satellites are usually unable to capture clear images of these near-surface atmospheric phenomena because clouds tend to be present when they occur," said [Dr. Shuman], University of Maryland, Baltimore County, glaciologist based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center." Check out "Streaming Snow and "Sea Smoke"" to learn more about Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, Thwaites Glacier, and the West Antarctica Ice Sheet, along with the effect of sea ice, water, and winds.