Colourful thermokarst lakes in Whapmagoostui, Quebec, Canada
by Maria Scheel, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
During a helicopter flight across the discontinuous permafrost landscapes of the Whale River valley in Whapmagoostui, Quebec, Canada, the famous colourful thermokarst lakes, caused by permafrost erosion, become visible like colours on a painter's palette.
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- North America (751)
- Northern America (588)
- Canada (132)
- Exact location (-77.7187 W, 55.2826 N)
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- arctic (83)
- erosion (93)
- permafrost (18)
- climate change (69)
- thermokarst (2)
- canada (26)
- whapmagoostui (2)
- quebec (4)
- thermokarst lake (2)
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Taken on 2
July
2020
Submitted on 2 July 2020
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Maria Scheel (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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