"Limestone glaciers" on Pacific island
The Madre de Dios Archipelago is one of the most humid and remote places in southern South America. A unique morphology was formed by extremely high rainfall and strong winds. Rapid carbonate solution prevents soil formation on these wind-exposed limestone rocks and vegetation is restricted to sheltered places. The vegetation-free carbonate rocks remind on glaciated areas from a distance.
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Location
- South America (318)
- Chile (75)
- Exact location (-75.3612 W, -50.3169 S)
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4608 × 3456 px;
image/jpeg; 10.5 MB
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Nikon COOLPIX AW130
Taken on 22
January
2020
Submitted on 22 January 2020
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Credit
Christoph Mayr (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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