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Stein glacier. Panoramic towards the snout of the Stein glacier (white, upper right) in Urner Alps, Switzerland. The accumulated moraine (debris depos
Stein glacier. Panoramic towards the snout of the Stein glacier (white, upper right) in Urner Alps, Switzerland. The accumulated moraine (debris deposits) present at the mouth of the glacier shows that it is retreating. Photographed in 2012.
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