NASA's NISAR mission captured a clear radar image of East Antarctica showing a landform nearly the width of a major highway cut in the form of a hummingbird in flight. The bird like feature stretches across a broad region, and the radar scan revealed fine details hidden beneath the surface ice. Scientists say the arrangement comes from ancient glacial erosion combined with the land below the ice cap. The team describe the result as a quiet reminder of how frozen layers can carve rock into clear shapes over long spans of time. The view was released in late July as part of NASA's continued work to map Antarctic ice with radar based tools. The agency highlights the mission as a step forward in ice science. Researchers also note that the work refines studies of ice loss and coastal risk. Officials add similar reads will run in the next stretch. Pictures like this are likely to draw notice from both experts and the casual readers. The mission is being run jointly between two major space programs. Officials say the satellite was designed to record tiny shifts in the ground level. The bird shaped view has already captured wide online attention. Several readers said the outline looked eerily lifelike.