The rapidly retreating face of Jorge Montt Glacier in the rain, Patagonia, Chile

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The Jorge Montt Glacier is one of major tidewater glaciers of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur), Chile. This glacier is one of the most rapidly retreating glaciers in the world, losing around 24 km in length since 1898, much of it beginning in the 1990s with climate change. The starkly contrasting black and blue terminal faces of the rapidly retreating Jorge Montt Glacier is seen through the brash ice on a rainy day. Patagonia, Chile. It was intriguing to see the huge area of black ice and its sharp line of divide from the blue ice.

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Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: Glacier Jorge Montt, Patagonia, Chile
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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