Photo: Under-Ice Volcano Eruption Spewed Ash Over Antarctica

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A high-resolution Landsat satellite image offers scientists a birds-eye view of some of Antarctica's glaciers.

New technology that can penetrate Antarctica's ice sheet has revealed evidence of a 2,000-year-old volcanic eruption underneath the continent'.

The heat from the volcano may still be melting the base of the sheet and could be partially responsible for the fast flow of a nearby glacier, scientists say.

Image courtesy USGS

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