Penitentes in the Andes
by Christoph Schmidt, University of Bayreuth
This photo was taken in the Bolivian Andes at an altitude of around 4400 m. The climatic conditions here favour a dew point below zero and spatially variable ablation of snow. A positive feedback ends up in the formation of so-called penitents, i.e. long and pointed remains of a formerly comprehensive snow field.
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Location
- South America (332)
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (55)
- Exact location (-67.7067 W, -22.5937 S)
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3989 × 2649 px;
image/jpeg; 11.1 MB
Camera:
Pentax K-x
Taken on 22
September
2011
Submitted on 17 February 2017
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)
Credit
Christoph Schmidt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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