Partially melted and collapsed lithalsas - heaved mounds found in permafrost - left circle-like structures on the tundra, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

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Location: Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway
Photo credit: © Arndt Sven-Erik / Alamy / Afripics
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