Fig. 4: Contrast in detected vegetation between Robert Island (maritime Antarctic) and Botany Bay (continental Antarctic).
From: A satellite-derived baseline of photosynthetic life across Antarctica
Top left inset: vegetation pixels (not to scale) detected by our mapping in the southernmost part of Robert Island (South Shetland Islands), overlaying an optimized Sentinel-2 composite from January 2023. Bottom centre inset: vegetation pixels (not to scale) detected by our mapping in Botany Bay (South Victoria Land), overlaying an optimized Sentinel-2 minimum composite from January–February 2023. The ‘polar hole’ is displayed south of 82.8° S. Ice-free areas in dark grey (not to scale) and base maps were retrieved from the Antarctic Digital Database Version 7.0.
