Mueller Lake and glacial moraine looking towards Mount Cook, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

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Striking evidence of global warming - a hundred years ago, the Mueller Glacier filled the valley floor. You could have walked onto the glacier from near here.

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Location: Mueller Lake, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Robin Weaver / Alamy / Afripics
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