NASA's NISAR spacecraft captured a detailed radar image of East Antarctica showing a landform roughly the width of a major highway arranged as a hummingbird in flight. The bird like feature stretches across a broad region, and the radar pass revealed fine details hidden beneath the surface ice. Scientists say the pattern comes from ancient glacial erosion combined with the land below the ice cap. Scientists describe the result as a quiet reminder of how glaciers can carve rock into distinct shapes over long spans of time. The view was released in early July in NASA's active program to map Antarctic ice with radar based tools. The agency highlights the mission as a useful advance in sheet science. Officials also note that the work refines studies of climate shifts and coastal risk. They say similar scans will keep coming in the coming months. Images like this are set to draw interest from both researchers and the general public. The mission is being run with collaboration between two major space programs. Officials say the satellite was designed to track small shifts in the Earth's surface. The bird shaped view has already picked up wide web based attention. A number of readers said the shape looked almost lifelike.