Ice

The glaciers in the Patagonian Ice Field sweep down from the mountains forming a wall where they meet the lakes. The ice is made jagged by the powerful internal pressure from the moving glacier and is marbled with streaks of crushed rock.

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Front wall of Perito Moreno glacier starts to collapse, a process known as Ice Calving



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Iceberg near Upsala #1

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