On a glacier covered with cryoconite holes. (IMAGE)

The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

On a glacier covered with cryoconite holes.

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Cryoconite is responsible for the dark colour of glaciers. (Source: IFJ PAN / UAM)

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Source: IFJ PAN / UAM

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