Quite an Aesthetically Pleasing Rock
Katabatic winds blow down the side of the Patriot Hills, part of the Ellsworth Mountain Range in Antarctica, causing sublimation of the ice surface. The blue ice looks like glass or water.
Taken on 16
January
2015
Submitted on Feb. 8, 2018
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Location
- Polar regions (184)
- Antarctic (112)
- Exact location (-81.7383 W, -80.2757 S)
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mountains, rock, ice sheet, katabatic winds, antar
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Credit: Helen Millman (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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