Rhone Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland: deeply fissured ice flows at about 30-40 m per annum from snow fields on the slopes of the Tieralplistock.

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Rhône Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland: the deeply fissured glacier flows at about 30-40 m per year from snow fields on the slopes of the 3,383 m / 11,099 ft Tieralplistock to a point, near the Hotel Bélvèdere, where the melt water forms a small green lake producing a steady stream, the source of the River Rhône, which thunders into the valley basin far below.

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Location: Rhône Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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