Ice river

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Description:

This is a field photo on glacier surface in Tanggula Mountain, which is the head water of Yangtze River. The snow and glacier melt water erodes and melts the glacier surface. As a reslut of climate change, the ice river is eroded deeper and deeper, the glacier surface becomes more fractal.

Credit:

Hongkai Gao , Delft University of Technology , Delft - Netherlands

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When:

Taken on July 18, 2009 and submitted on March 2, 2012

Sections:

Cryospheric Sciences (179 images)

Camera:

Canon

Model:

A570

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