The Skeidararjokull glacier descending from the Vatnajokull ice cap in Iceland.


The Skeidararjokull glacier descending from the Vatnajokull ice cap in Icleand. It is a very active glacier and retreating rapidly due to climate change. Scientists predict that all of Iceland's glaciers will have disappeared within 100 years.


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