Getty Images news photographer Mario Tama joined NASA's Operation IceBridge team last week to capture stunning aerial photos during research flights over West Antarctica. Today he is taking over gettyimages for a behind the lens look at his work. _ "I had the great privilege to join the NASA #IceBridge team for three science flights over Antarctica. NASA's Operation IceBridge has been studying how polar ice has evolved over the past eight years and is currently flying a set of 12-hour research flights over West Antarctica at the start of the melting season." - mario_tama | October 28, 2016 | #GettyImagesNews #PhotographerTakeover [1 of 3]