Trapped Air
Kay Helfricht
alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies, Innsbruck, Austria
Trapped air bubbles in the ice of an englacial conduit. These features evolve when the conduit is filled with meltwater of the glacier. Air bubbles are stored at the roof of the conduit. When the water in the conduit starts to refreeze, these bubbles are trapped.
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.7 MB
Width
3712 px
Height
2088 px
Aspect
16:9
Brand
Panasonic Lumix
Model
DMC-TZ5
Exposure
5 mm f/3.3 1/8 s ISO 100
Taken
1 March 2012
Coordinates
78.2500, 16.2167
Tint
Medium gray
Submitted
8 February 2013
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