Icy melt channels by black gravel
Dark gravel accumulates on glacial ice in existing sinks. Due to reduced an albedo the gravel heats up and melts itself further into the ice until a pattern of cylindrical water filled holes with gravel at its bottom is created.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Andreas Brotzer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
6.5 MB
Width
6000 px
Height
4000 px
Aspect
3:2
Brand
Canon
Model
EOS 77D
Exposure
55 mm f/5.6 1/400 s ISO 100
Taken
September 2018
Coordinates
78.1492, 14.3848
Tint
Pale purplish blue
Submitted
20 January 2023
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