Water leaving Svartisen (The Black Glacier) after centuries
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Water leaving Svartisen (The Black Glacier) after centuries

by Ivana Richterova, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Precipitation formed into glacier ice undergoes very slow migration until reach one of the glacier tongues and get released. In the end, melting water forms drops and streams that undoubtedly find their way through changeful blue labyrinth of tumbling limpid ice blocks. In this case, the kinetic energy of freed water is partly utilised in the nearby Svartisen power plant. A lot of icebound dust particles giving glacier its colour and name can be clearly seen.