Close-up of final crack (IMAGE)

Aalto University

Close-up of final crack

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The displacement measuring instruments at Aalto University's Ice Tank, the largest of its kind in the world, detect the crack opening to the level of microns. In this image the crack has split the ice completely into two pieces.

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Iman El Gharamti/Aalto University

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