What remains of a glacier

Sandra Schumacher

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The lower end of Fox Glacier in New Zealand. The rapid shrinking of the ice leaves the remains covered by a thick layer of debris. The hazards, which the instabile valley walls pose, can be seen in the debris aprons and also the seemingly small bulldozer, which is stationed at the glacier's end to remove rocks which block either the river or the tourists' pathways up to the glacier.

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Oceania Australia and New Zealand New Zealand Show on map

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Credit: Sandra Schumacher (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 2.3 MB Width 3872 px Height 2592 px Aspect 121:81 Brand Nikon Model D3000 Exposure 55 mm f/10 1/200 s ISO 200 Taken 16 December 2013 Coordinates -43.4684, 170.0230 Tint Dark gray Submitted 27 February 2014