Calving and debris
The image shows the calving frontal ice margin of Hooker Glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It depicts the steep ice front as well as the considerable cover of supraglacial debris on its surface, showing active mass movement processes and glacier transport.
Taken on 2
April
2007
Submitted on 23 Feb 2016
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Location
- Oceania (220)
- Australia and New Zealand (207)
- New Zealand (120)
- Exact location (170.1164 E, -43.6706 S)
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Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
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Credit: Stefan Winkler (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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