Taconnaz glacier, in the Alps near Chamonix, France. A stream can be seen running off the glacier (bottom). This is because of extensive melting of th

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Taconnaz glacier, in the Alps near Chamonix, France. A stream can be seen running off the glacier (bottom). This is because of extensive melting of the ice front.

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