Aerial photograph of the Palue Glacier, Bernina Group, Switzerland. The Palue Glacier retreated more than 150 metres in length between 2001 and 2009.

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Aerial photograph of the Palue Glacier, Bernina Group, Switzerland. The Palue Glacier retreated more than 150 metres in length between 2001 and 2009. In summer, a number of meltwater brooks rush down into the valley from its frayed ice front.

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Size: 4917px × 4917px
Photo credit: © BERNHARD EDMAIER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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